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Career Ladder
Growth and advancement of nursing practice is core to UC Davis Health. The Career Ladder Program is one way for clinical nurses to advance their career through validation of professional development, leadership, and education. Career Ladder is designed to engage our nurses in the support of the Patient Care Services Mission, to provide science-based, technologically precise, compassionately delivered patient care.
- Provide Clinical Nurses the opportunity for advancement
- Promoting excellence and accomplishment in the domains of professional development, leadership and education
- Enhance and strengthen patient care by promoting nurse expertise
- Develop and implement strategies that drive evidence-based nursing practice
Resources:
Overview—Staff Only
- Career Ladder overview (pdf)
- Guide to complex patient exemplar (pdf)
- Guide to creating project presentation (pdf)
- Yearly submission dates (pdf)
Forms
- Activity Cover Sheet (docx)
- At A Glance Checklist
- Career Ladder Eligibility Form (docx)
- Career Ladder Rubric (docx)
- Patient Exemplar Presentation Template (pptx)
- Project Cover Sheet (docx)
- Project Presentation Template (pptx)
- Career Ladder Committee Attendance (docx)
FAQ—Staff Only
Examples—Staff Only
- Addressing Morale During Global Pandemic: The Creation of a Support U Committee on Tower 8 to Reduce Staff Burn Out
- Quality Improvement on the NSICU Through Staff Education and Updated Policy/Order Set for Transradial Neuroendovascular Procedures
- Orientation Skills Assessment for Nurses New to the PACU
