Built by a doctorally prepared multi-site perioperative NPD specialist with 20+ years of OR and ICU experience. Every framework here is original work, grounded in evidence and 20 years of NPD practice.
Short, interactive lessons built from real NPD practice. Each one has a realistic scenario, a quick knowledge check, a one-page job aid you keep, and a completion badge you can share when you pass. No signup needed to start.
Why "we need a class" is a solution, not a gap, and how to tell whether a gap is knowledge, skill, practice, or not education at all.
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Elevate NPD exists because most NPD tools sold to hospitals are built by training companies. The clinical voice is thin. The tools look polished but read as theoretical. I built this differently.
Every toolkit, book, and framework on this site is original work, built independently and informed by 20+ years of operational experience across the operating room and the intensive care unit. A doctoral degree focused on nursing leadership. National certifications in NPD, perioperative nursing, and Lean Six Sigma. Multiple books on Amazon and counting.
My current work focuses on perioperative NPD across multiple sites. But the methods I build apply to any clinical service line. NPD is NPD whether you are designing orientation for med-surg, building a residency program in critical care, or writing Magnet® documentation for ambulatory.
If you are an NPD practitioner looking for tools that work, or a hospital leader looking for a partner who has done the work, you are in the right place.
Each title is available on Amazon. Written for working NPD practitioners and nurses preparing for national certification.
A comprehensive guide to building, leading, and elevating NPD practice. Covers the foundations every NPD practitioner needs, with original frameworks informed by twenty years of professional experience.
A working notebook for perioperative nurses and NPD practitioners. Structured templates for procedural planning, case preparation, and the operational decisions that happen before scalpel-to-skin.
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A comprehensive review aligned to the ANCC NPD-BC® certification blueprint. Built for NPD practitioners preparing to sit for board certification, with practice questions and portfolio guidance integrated throughout.
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A self-study review aligned to the current CCI exam blueprint. Built by a perioperative NPD specialist who lives this content every day, for OR nurses preparing for the CNOR® exam.
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The latest edition of the annual planner designed specifically for NPD practitioners. Quarterly goal tracking, monthly competency calendars, and structured space for orientation cohort planning.
View on Amazon →Each toolkit is original work, designed for immediate deployment in your facility. Organized into perioperative and NPD lines, with individual licenses on this page and facility licenses available for multi-site deployments.
The program-design foundation for multi-site OR onboarding. A framework guide, structured orientation pathways, and fillable forms that give your department a complete, ready-to-deploy orientation model. Pairs with the Single-Orientee Tracker for day-to-day progress.
Procedure-specific direct observation tools with three-tier scoring rubrics for sterile technique, circulating role, robotic surgery, and annual competency assessment.
A standalone toolkit for preparing, supporting, and recognizing perioperative preceptors. Three-module readiness program, daily check-in templates, debrief scripts, and a preceptor-orientee agreement.
A six-module program design for residency program coordinators, covering structure, agreements, EBP capstone library, retention dashboard, facilitator guide, and Magnet® integration.
A bedside tracker built for the everyone-is-a-preceptor OR. One orientee, one record, so any preceptor opens it and sees where that nurse stands, what the last shift signed off, and what comes next. Role-selectable milestone pathways, sign-offs, and a shift handoff note that closes the loop between rotating preceptors. Available for OR, ICU, and Preop/PACU.
The leadership companion to the tracker. A cohort-wide rollup that gives educators and managers a drill-down view across every orientee at once, with progress by milestone and role. Built for department-wide visibility, available as a facility license.
A pre-licensure perioperative externship program: school partnership model, presentation deck, and an implementation plan for building an OR talent pipeline before graduation.
A structured orientation-to-practice guideline for new perioperative nurses, bridging formal orientation into independent practice with milestone gates and validation checkpoints.
Twelve fill-in templates that help staff nurses translate their everyday clinical work into the structured, exemplar-style writing required for nursing excellence and designation documentation, including Magnet® submissions.
A multi-tier evaluation system spanning learner reaction, knowledge acquisition, behavior change, and organizational outcomes. Includes a 56-page playbook, 9-tab Excel workbook, and Build-It-Yourself deployment guide for facilities with restrictive IT environments.
Twenty-one templates organized into six sections covering gap analysis, design, integrity, delivery, evaluation, and activity file archiving for ANCC-aligned CE activities.
Twenty templates across five phases for designing, delivering, and closing out multi-day, multi-speaker continuing education conferences for nursing audiences.
Everything needed to launch and sustain an evidence-based practice mentorship program: a four-phase roadmap, scored readiness assessment, leveled competency framework, six-module training curriculum, mentee workbook, and evaluation and ROI tools.
A guided five-year system for ANCC NPD-BC® renewal: a 75-hour CE tracker, a planner across all eight renewal categories, an audit-ready evidence index, and a submission-year checklist that keeps your credential from lapsing.
A non-perioperative preceptor development toolkit for NPD practitioners across any service line, covering preceptor readiness, structured check-ins, feedback scripts, and orientee progression.
A transition-to-practice framework for new graduate and newly hired nurses across service lines, structuring the move from orientation into confident independent practice.
A self-paced perioperative certification review across all eight exam domains, taught heaviest domain first. A diagnostic pretest scored by domain, gated knowledge checks with rationales for every option, a 100-item practice exam, audio narration, and a participant workbook. 17.00 contact hours.
Launch pricing: 20% off, applied automatically at checkout through October 21.
A self-paced nursing professional development certification review across all seven exam domains, taught heaviest domain first. A diagnostic pretest scored by domain, gated knowledge checks with rationales for every option, a 100-item practice exam, audio narration, and a participant workbook. 16.00 contact hours.
Launch pricing: 20% off, applied automatically at checkout through October 21.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. CNOR® Review Course: file number 26217, 17.00 contact hours. NPD-BC® Review Course: file number 26219, 16.00 contact hours. Approval period: September 21, 2026 through September 21, 2028. A 10-seat facility license is available by invoice; email consult@elevatenpd.org.
Available for engagements across any clinical service line. NPD tools and methods apply equally to perioperative, critical care, med-surg, ambulatory, and specialty environments.
Custom orientation framework design for any service line, with implementation support, validation tools, and dashboards built into the deliverable.
Writing workshops for staff nurses, exemplar coaching, and structured support through document development cycles for organizations pursuing or maintaining Magnet® designation.
End-to-end design or refresh of nurse residency programs across any service line, with retention dashboards, EBP capstone frameworks, and academic partnership strategy.
Strategic consulting for NPD departments and education leaders looking to assess current practice, design systems for measurable outcomes, and report ROI to leadership.
Facility licenses cover unlimited internal users at one or more sites, include implementation support, and qualify for hospital procurement workflows. Pricing scales from $2,997 single-site to $19,997+ for enterprise deployments.
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