VNIP publications
Vermont Nurses In Partnership (VNIP) shares their resources, research outcomes, teaching materials, and evaluation tools through compiling them in an electronic manual and distributing site licenses for their use. The VNIP RESOURCE MANUAL comes as an 'Electronic Resource Manual' on a single CD-Rom. The resources include all items listed within the Table of Contents and these can be customized to your agency, used 'as is' for immediate start of an internship, and/or copied/reproduced for your employees. See the VNIP site license for further details.
Originally these folders of resource materials were marketed as individual units, but the experience of VNIP is that all are inter-related and necessary for a complete 'system' of intern and preceptor support. Purchase of a site license for the VNIP RESOURCE MANUAL is available by request. VNIP also offers consulting services from VNIP faculty to assist you with program customization and implementation. Please send your request to Susan Boyer
Within the VNIP RESOURCE MANUAL you will find:
Preceptor Development Resources - Include Power Point presentations, handouts, activities, teaching plans, contact hour application forms, independent learning modules, Preceptor Credentialing process, and other miscellaneous resource materials. Includes resources for Managers & Educators, Self learning modules, and instructional resources for specific content areas.
Internship - Orientation Resources - Includes competency development and evaluation resources that support new graduate internships, orientation of new hires, and assessment of temporary staff. Items include: competency assessment tools, unit specific performance criteria, and Clinical Coaching plans for specialty units.
Protocols - Sample policies for competence validation and preceptor programs, along with job descriptions that fit within the framework. also includes examples of how the model fits into agency-based performance management systems
Evaluation documents - Documents from the VNIP Research Project, including: Internship tracking for retention/reasons for leaving, workplace culture assessment tool, preceptor evaluation of program, intern evaluation of program/preceptor, weekly progression of competence survey tool and a summary of the VNIP research project, 2007-2008. These are evaluation tools that you can use to assess your agency and/or program.
Bibliography
VNIP Bibliography 2009 - focuses on reports, studies, and analyses relevant to preceptor and intern development in the field of nursing.
VNIP Documents:
| Contributors | Resources for teaching |
| Internship Model | Project outline - VNIP |
| Interactive Teaching Plan | Impact of orientation on recruitment |
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