Center for Professional Development Innovation and Research

Center for Professional Development Innovation and Research

“It is the MISSION of the Center for Professional Development Innovation and Research to provide our professional nurses with guidance and a dynamic and centralized resource of learning opportunities that assist in the development and maintenance of continuing competence, enhancement of professional practice and career goal achievement.”

• Nursing Research
• CPDIR Professional Accomplishments
• Professional Development Calendar

RWHBH facilities provide a healthy work environment which promotes the highest patient outcomes through the implementation of shared governance structures, rewards and recognition, nursing quality outcomes, and evidence based practice and Research. Magnet program leaders at each facility utilize magnet standards to promote excellence in nursing practice.

Magnet Designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), recognizes organizations for creating and sustaining an environment of nursing excellence where collaborative working relationships are fostered among different departments and disciplines. The journey to Magnet excellence enables organizations to support professional clinical practice, recognize excellence in the delivery of nursing services, and provides the structures necessary for the disseminating and implementing best practices.

The five components of Magnet include Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge innovation and improvements and Empirical outcomes. The five components of Magnet provide essential standards to ensure nurses are valued, involved in research and evidence based activities, and engaged in lifelong learning.

For career guidance or to learn more about the Center please contact:

Mary Beth Russell PhD, MA, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, FNAP
Vice President
The Center for Professional Development Innovation and Research
RWJBarnabas Health, RWJBH
MaryBeth.Russell@rwjbh.org

For information about employment opportunities, click here to contact the nurse recruiter at the respective facility.