Impact of Education for Bedside Nurses in a Community Hospital to Increase Intent or Utilization of a Career Ladder Advancement Tool

This scholarly project is centered on lack of engagement in a new career ladder program. This project includes the creation of career ladder education with an intent to help with understanding, support, and engagement of the nursing caregivers. Education was created to propel the work of the career ladder within a small rural hospital. The program is 12 weeks long and covers eligibility criteria, activity details, technology education, and one-on-one support for understanding of the career ladder program. The hopes for the educational program were to increase nursing satisfaction, with the intent to stay with the organization, and foster participation in career ladder for professional development. The hopes for institution of the education are that caregivers feel supported by their leaders in completing the career ladder challenge and are successful in the submission for professional growth. A survey pre-education implementation will be compared to post-education implementation to assess whether the educational tools made a difference regarding the nursing caregivers’ feelings pertaining to the program.