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Vision Newsletter VISION Vol 21, No. 1 In this issue MENTORING OUR FUTURE Mentorship Moments: ARIN & The National Student Nurses’ Association ByCARE Mary Sousa, BSN,GIVERS RN 2016 ”Top 10” Technology Hazards President, ARIN 2015-2016 News From the RNCB® ARIN Town Hall “The mind is not a vessel to be The success of any orientation program and of Webinar Uppdate filled, but a fire to be kindled.” the newly licensed nurse to transition successfully Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover – Plutarch into the new role and flourish is largely dependent on a concurrent mentoring program. Mentoring If You See Something, Say Something Changes in the workplace and new RN graduates requires flexibility, and Imaging Review Course News nurse shortages are bringing professionalism on the part of the mentor. The Welcome New Partners new graduate nurses directly into the Radiology word “mentor” dates back to the Greek epic Practice Issues and Imaging environments. Typically, these highly The Odyssey. As the story goes, Odysseus asks Exciting Opportunities for specialized positions required the applicant his trusted friend Mentor, to look after his son Radiology Nurses in Saudi Arabia to have several years of experience in critical Telemachus during the time Odysseus would Radiology Nursing Publications: A care (such as ICU, ER or PACU) prior to being be away fighting in the Trojan War. Years later, Historical Overview considered for such a complex role. This paradigm Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, disguises The Age Old Question: shift requires us to develop new educational herself as Mentor in order to give Telemachus Would I do it Again? programs and orientation that includes the important advice. As in The Odyssey example, News for Radiology: What You Really competencies, training and support a newly mentors are trusted advisors who pass on Need to Know! licensed nurse would receive in their first job as information, support and guidance. A Mentor Celebrate National Radiology Nurse Day an RN. To meet this emerging trend, ARIN has differs from a preceptor in that the relationship I am a Radiology Nurse created a New Graduate Nurse in Radiology is intended to be long term, providing career or NOA Report Task Force and placed a call for volunteers. The educational advice, sharing wisdom and often may response has been robust and the selection Board of Directors continue for years. Preceptors are experienced process is underway. The New Graduate Nurse in nurses who teach and supervise during a specified New Members Radiology Task Force will address this new need period of time during the orientation phase and develop an orientation template for both the (www.emory.edu). newly licensed nurse and the their preceptor. This Thank you to our corporate sponsors According to an economic news release from program can be used alone or added to the ARIN the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics released on Radiology Nurse Orientation Manual. December 8th, 2015, healthcare occupations and industries are predicted to have the fastest Transformational leadership success depends employment growth and expected to add the on programs that appreciate the needs of newly most jobs during 2014-2024 (U.S. Bureau of Labor licensed nurses. According to Flinkman (2015), Statistics, 2014). At the same time, one million these needs include a solid orientation program nurses will be retiring within the next 10-15 years. which includes the support of mentorship. Fifty-three percent of the nurses working today are Supporting organized knowledge transfer over 50 years old. (www.nursingworld.org). These strategies will create a return on investment by startling numbers are also reflected in the ARIN retaining the newly licensed nurses in the future Nurse Census Survey conducted last year. Of the nursing workforce. 439 respondents, 47% percent intended to retire This past year, I had the pleasure of meeting and in the next 6-10 years. And even more alarming engaging with Ryan Bannan, President of the 81% in the next 11-20 years (Refer to figure 1). National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Our This survey illustrates expected shortages of RN’s mutual interest in the future of nursing has served in Radiology nursing. By being proactive, we can as an informational conduit between leaders add to the workforce with the supports of new in Radiology Nursing Education and student graduates. The importance of doing this work, advisement groups. Today’s nursing students have while the experienced nurses are employed in concerns related to their future career options. Radiology to mentor these graduates is essential Although Radiology is not a traditional entry to the success of the information transfer. point for newly licensed nurses, the department Workforce vacancy and knowledge gaps will offers a great experience with a variety of patient be created as experienced nurses retire. It populations and valuable skill sets to learn. is imperative that healthcare facilities and Additionally, continuous new innovations provides organizations take immediate action to develop opportunity for lifelong learning in an exciting knowledge transfer strategies which include atmosphere that is constantly evolving. mentorship programs to support retention. ARIN recognizes student nurses will shape the Turnover rates are high for newly licensed nurses landscape of the future of radiology nursing. with replacement cost estimates in the vicinity, Thoughtfully designed clinical rotations and active $74,888 (Cottingham, 2015). These trends are mentorship will provide an opportunity for us to not isolated to the US. The International health welcome our newly licensed nurses into their new communities have long experienced shortages roles in the future of nursing. of nurses and the “brain drain” of nurses leaving their native countries to work abroad in the United Ryan speaks of his experience in a nursing clinical States, Canada and the UK for example. rotation in radiology and the importance of mentorship in the following article below. Radiology Nurse Census 2015 References: American Nurses Association. (2014). Fast Facts. The Nursing Workforce 2014: Growth, Salaries, Demographics & Trends ARIN. (2015 n.p). Radiology Nurse Census. Cottingham,S., DiBartolo, M.C., Battisoni, S. and Brown, T. (2015). Partners in Nursing: A mentoring Initiative to enhance nursing retention, Nursing Education Perspectives, 32, (4), p. 250. Flinkman, M. , Salantera, S. (2015). Early career experiences and perceptions – a qualitative exploration Of the turnover of young registered nurses and intention to leave the nursing profession in Finland, Journal of Nursing Management, 23, 1050-1057. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers (2013 ) U. S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014-24 Summary, para. 10,13. www.americannursetoday.com/tripping-over-the-welcome-mat- why-new-nurses-dont-stay-and-what-the-evidence-says-we-can- do-about-it/ www.emory.university@edu , retrieved January 5, 2016 www. nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workforce/Fast-Facts-Nursing- Workforce. www.americannursetoday.com/tripping-over-the-welcome-mat- why-new-nurses-dont-stay-and-what-the-evidence-says-we-can- do-about-it/ ARIN Vision | 2 MENTORSHIP MOMENTS: ARIN & THE NATIONAL STUDENT NURSES’ ASSOCIATION By: Ryan Bannan, President NSNA Mercer University, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Atlanta, CA As President of the National Student Nurses’ shared with me work she is actively engaged in and Association (NSNA), and current BSN candidate, I invited me to collaborate on a project she had in try to focus many of my discussions with students mind, an article for Vision Newsletter. around what it means to be mentored and Reflecting on my clinical rotation in a nursing be a valuable and effective mentee. We need imaging unit to do things like demonstrate ambition and resourcefulness before we can expect to hold the Among other work I’m aware of, President Sousa attention of any mentor (Faw, 2015). I never would has shared with me the recent creation of a “New have been elected to my current leadership role Grad Nurse Orientation Task Force” within ARIN without taking time to reflect on and practice those which aims to create a program template to orient characteristics which have positioned me for quality newly licensed nurses into radiology and imaging mentoring relationships. departments (ARIN, n.d.). I’m currently in the final semester of completing my BSN degree and as part Part of the NSNA mission is to mentor nursing of that clinical requirement, I had the opportunity students, and this requires the enlistment of to rotate through a nursing imaging unit in Atlanta, professionals like yourself. Mentorship can be both GA. Radiology and imaging nurses have a great valuable and frustrating for each party, it depends chance to welcome, attract, and retain new grads to heavily on reciprocation, and it can be defined in their teams through these types of experiences. a number of ways. My hope is that we can focus more on why we should strive for mentoring Feedback I received while at this clinical location relationships instead of discussing the “how” or was that new grads would be better suited to look “what” of mentoring. In the next few paragraphs I for their first jobs in a different setting. Nurses I will: Illustrate the example that the Association for spoke with cited the importance of having well- Radiologic and Imaging Nursing (ARIN) President, honed assessment skills, the limited time available Mary Sousa, has set as our own mentorship has to make assessments, and the relatively high rate of developed; reflect on ways my experience at a patient turnover seen in that environment as reason clinical rotation in a nursing imaging unit could for new grads to start elsewhere. inform opportunities for ARIN leaders; and finally, I challenge that assertion by asking us to look at highlight the importance of and opportunities for ER positions, ICU positions, and the wave of other members within ARIN to connect with mentees.
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