Abstract:

Healthcare is facing difficulties like we’ve never experienced before. Nurses are frustrated, turnover rates are up, retention rates are down, and resources are scarce. We need real solutions to help combat the nursing shortage. Technology is one tool that can help but it should 1) be innovative and meaningful, 2) improve nursing satisfaction and patient outcomes, and 3) optimize available resources wisely.

Xapimed is a digital competency management platform made by nurses for nurses. It was created for leaders, educators, nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners, and HR professionals. It’s perfect for hospitals and ambulatory care settings, clinical education programs, nurse residency programs, simulation labs, and even nonclinical areas – anywhere competencies need to be validated.

Xapimed offers consultative services and configurable software to help identify skills gaps, set benchmarks, facilitate onboarding, deliver professional development programs, highlight career mobility pathways, conduct touch points and stay interviews, and carry out audits. Get rid of paper checklists and Excel spreadsheets! Xapimed reduces administrative burden and human error by digitizing skills and competency validation. Xapimed follows national and international guidelines including ANPD, INACSL, AACN and uses the Donna Wright Competency Model as a theoretical framework.
On the unit or in the simulation lab, in the natural world or in virtual reality, validate competencies digitally at the point of care. Information is available across the organization in real time on any device. Data flows instantly into dashboards and reports that are automatically emailed to the leaders who need them. Leaders no longer spend hours compiling data with paper checklists and manual spreadsheets. Data analytics are accurate, timely, and transparent. Xapimed easily integrates with existing LMS and HR systems to help with workforce management, quality measures, key performance indicators (KPIs), and patient outcomes. Safety, quality, and positive outcomes are directly linked to a care team’s attitudes and behavior, attributes that are integral to the culture at the unit and organizational level. And as Donna Wright once said, “Ongoing competency verifications are what change culture.”

Leaders and educators need real solutions to help combat the nursing shortage. Technology is one tool that can help. Be the catalyst that creates a digital transformation. Learn how to digitize clinical competencies to: improve transparency and efficiency; decrease administrative burden and get valuable time back; improve onboarding time, empower nurses toward career mobility, and increase engagement and satisfaction; ditch the annual skills fair, standardize ongoing competencies while retaining the ability to customize; increase compliance, improve outcomes, and optimize resources.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how technology can help combat the nursing shortage.
2. Analyze Xapimed’s many uses to improve transparency, efficiency, engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes.
3. Apply lessons learned to create a digital transformation plan for your organization.