Versant Healthcare Competency Solutions

05/02/2023

Are you a registered nurse (RN) or an advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) currently working in the United States? We want to hear from you.

Nurse scientists from the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing are conducting a research study to understand nurse’s use of social media including what platforms they are on and how they use them to make career/employment decisions.

As a profession, we are critically behind in understanding the types of social media platforms nurses use, for what purposes, how it impacts career/employment decisions, and how these factors vary by different nurse characteristics such as age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, ability, work setting, and years in nursing practice. Help us fill this gap so we are better equipped to use social media to connect, attract, and create environments where nurses want to work and stay.

The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary, and you can stop taking the survey at any time. Click on the link https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=3K434XFDKDRYRLMM to confirm your eligibility and get started. By clicking on the link, you agree to participate in the study.

If you know other registered nurses or advanced practice nurses who might like to participate in this study, please forward this invitation to them.

04/12/2023

11/02/2022

Larissa Africa, MBA, BSN, RN, FAAN, Figaro L. Loresto Jr., PhD, RN, and Martha Grubaugh, PhD, RN, NE-BC, will be presenting at the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN) 2022 International Conference on Friday, November 4, 2022 in Cleveland, OH. Their presentation titled "Exploring the Relationship Between New Graduate Nurse Psychological Capital and Turnover" will discuss how Psychological Capital influences actual turnover among new graduate nurses.

10/26/2022

We are pleased to announce three Versant team members will be presenting posters at the American Academy of Nursing Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Ashley Badders, MSN, RN, CCRN will be presenting her poster titled “Policy Engagement Among Staff Nurses” on October 27, 2022. This poster presents a pilot study looking at levels of policy engagement among staff nurses in Ohio. This study was done as part of Ashley’s DNP scholarly project through Case Western Reserve University with support from faculty mentors.

Larissa Africa, MBA, BSN, RN, FAAN, Martha Grubaugh, PhD, RN, NE-BC, and Figaro L. Loresto Jr., PhD, RN will be presenting their poster titled “Turnover Intent, Length of Tenure: Impact on New Graduate RN Turnover” on October 28, 2022. Their poster focuses on how integrated structures, processes and programs are necessary to support new graduate nurses beyond residency programs to mitigate turnover.

We look forward to connecting with you there!

10/13/2022

Come visit us at booth #2057!

09/15/2022

Attention, PNAA members. Please vote for our fellow Filipino-American nurse, Larissa Africa, for the AONL Region 9 Board of Director position. Voting is from Sept 16 to 27, 2022.

Larissa Africa is the CEO & President of Versant Healthcare Competency Solutions and is responsible for its strategic and operational leadership. Larissa has spent two decades implementing, managing, and leading strategies to develop nursing organizations. Larissa has developed a competency-based nurse residency program, considered a gold standard in the industry. As a pioneer in the transition to practice space, she led the deployment of a competency-based model that integrates and standardizes nursing workforce development across the entire healthcare continuum, addressing high-demand areas such as long-term care, home health, and advanced practice nursing. Larissa’s collective work continues to change how healthcare organizations integrate and sustain workforce retention and practice solutions.

Larissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Mount St. Mary’s University, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration: Health Care Management from the University of Phoenix, and an Executive Women in Leadership certificate through Cornell University. She is an author of numerous highly recognized publications and book chapters and a national and international speaker. Larissa was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in 2021.

To view her CV, please click this link:https://www.aonl.org/system/files/media/file/2022/08/CV_Larissa_Africa_region_9_0.pdf

To view her video, please click this link: http://www.versant.org/wp-content/uploads/LAA-AONL-Region-9.mp4

08/04/2022

Versant Healthcare Competency Solutions® and the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) have partnered to better serve the workforce development needs of nurses across the ambulatory care setting. Click to learn more!

August 4th, 2022: Versant®, the only competency‐based solution dedicated to developing all nurses, has partnered with AAACN! Click for more. August 4th, 2022: Las Vegas, NV Versant Healthcare Competency Solutions® and the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) have partnered to bett...

06/09/2022

We are pleased to announce that Versant 3.0 will be released this month, the first Versant suite designed with the flexibility to be implemented modularly. We have made significant upgrades to our Versant Voyager® platform, allowing discrete components of our competency-based system to be used independently of others.

This modularity will allow us to better tailor our solution sets and services to your specific workforce needs. It will also make it easier for you to “test-drive” Versant products and services without making a fully committed investment to our entire service suite.

Combating fragmented workforce development approaches with integrated solutions must remain our endgame.

06/02/2022

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The Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc. and PNA New York wish to thank Versant for the generous support.
http://www.versant.org/

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New York Marriott Marquis
July 6-10, 2022

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https://www.mypnaaconference.org/
In-person attendee must be up to date with COVID vaccination.
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05/12/2022

We're so proud of nurses. We wish you all the support every nurse deserves. Happy International Nurses Day, happy Nurses Week, and happy 202nd birthday to Florence Nightingale!

“Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself? but), how can I provide for the right thing to be always done?” - Florence Nightingale

04/12/2022

At ? Stop by booth #425 and say hello!