Employer Quotes

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For current training, employers tend to prefer hiring external trainers. Some employers also use simulators or internal mentorship programs.

Employer Quote	Region
"[MnSCU college] has got this simulator and that's helping. And their coming out to us is good. I think if we brought together nurses of like-sized organizations—they're all kind of doing the multi-tasking of what the RN was traditionally doing years ago—and had a camp with using that equipment that that might be even better than coming out strictly to our organization. That's not to say it shouldn't be done in our organization as well, but something a little bit more intense, if you will."	Northwest
"We have hired outside organizations to come in and teach. And we've sent out surveys asking, 'Where do you need help?' Or, 'Do you understand PowerPoint? Do you understand Excel? Word documents?' That type of thing. And we just contacted outside sources to come in and offer training to help."	Northwest
"We're doing the same thing with our staff, too. Because—again it's a mix—but the younger staff have the technology skills and they help the older staff with that. And then the older staff will say, 'Come here, I'm going to teach you how to help someone who is dying.' So, you know, it is nice as long as you have that kind of mix. Although, sometimes, you don't always get that. And we're offering classes now—for Microsoft and the computer stuff—that's away from the floor. And they get paid to attend. Some classes they're getting paid for as soon as they can facilitate getting used to that."	Northwest