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After only a few days [in a new position as nursing education coordinator in a general hospital], the director of nursing called me in and informed me that my department’s staff and educational programs had been status quo for a long while. “I’d like you to conduct a needs assessment and see if your department can meet the educational needs you identify.”

I had not been told of the “status quo” in my initial interview with the director of education; I felt set up to clean house.
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