Stephanie is a true star, exemplifying every quality you hope to see in a successful NPD.

Representing two of the busiest medical/surgical units at our site, Stephanie wasted no time following her move into this position to share her positivity and passion for excellence in patient care with her teammates on her unit. She is kind, relatable, personable, and approachable to both her peers and teammates and she engages her team in the clinical environment daily.

One of the areas in which Stephanie truly shines is through her endless support of the orientation process of our site and the units she represents. Stephanie is adept at developing, coordinating, facilitating, carrying out, and evaluating orientation programs for nursing personnel and represents our site and our clinical care expectations well with agency teammates. In fact, when I round on her orientees as part of my job role they frequently sing her praises noting that her support and dedication to her role and to their success is one of the reasons they love their job and their unit.

Stephanie also sees the big picture of nursing practice, having recently come into this role from being a bedside nurse. This gives her a unique perspective to pair real-life experience with her nursing knowledge to utilize best practice standards in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the educational activities she offers her teams. This was evident through her impactful support of the RN/CNA sign out initiative that she not only piloted on her own unit, but also served as a resource to other NPDs while rolling the process out on their own units. She does not shy away from the more difficult aspects of her role and partners with her nursing teammates to support them, remove barriers to improve patient care, and continually seeks opportunities for improvement.

Stephanie engages her team in professional growth and development opportunities. She can frequently be observed connecting with her team and encouraging teammates to consider further role development into precepting or becoming a charge nurse, pursuing certification, and considering shared governance representation.

Stephanie is an excellent communicator, a true collaborator, and a pleasure to partner with. She is optimistic, engaging, and dedicated and truly does her best to meet the educational needs of our site and nursing teams. She is fantastic when it comes to thinking outside the box and sharing new thoughts and ideas. Even as a newer NPD she is a wealth of information, an excellent resource to her nursing teams, and seeks to understand and find solutions to opportunities identified with nursing practice at our site.

Stephanie is such a valuable part of our site NPD team and her daily dedication and contribution to nursing practice at our site deserve to be recognized. She is a wonderful representation of nursing education and professional development in the clinical environment, and not only does she support the growth and development of our nursing teammates, but she encourages and motivates others to do the same.