Our primary direct student support efforts focus on assisting students in successfully transitioning through a variety of challenging circumstances and situations that can impact their lives, both inside and outside the classroom, such as personal or family illness, loss, financial stress, academic access, living issues, interpersonal violence response, alcohol or similar substance related issues, and other forces that may interfere with their well-being and success and/or academic retention.
By October 1995, a total of 863 nursing employees fulfilled their annual requirements, for a compliance rate of 94.4%. Additionally, 178 employees from various ancillary departments such as radiology, dietary and food service, rehabilitation, and social service also attended. Therefore, we were able to use our program beyond the nursing department and provide a hospital-wide educational service. Overall, the poster presentations were highly successful and the benefits to the institution included the following: 1. An increase in employee satisfaction because the average time spent away from the patient care unit was substantially decreased. 2. An increase in instructor availability to meet the educational needs of the nursing staff on individually assigned units. 3. An increase in instructor accessibility to identify and meet the learning needs of new staff members.
