e to maintaining expertise, maintaining visibility, and managing work load"(Mateo & Fahje, p. 169).
Not only does the staff development coordinator oversee educational programming, but she also has expertise in program design, implementation and evaluation, and problem-solving and communications skills (Habel & Lassen, p. 23). As a result, the staff development coordinator is vital to the success of any new undertaking such as an expansion or a move.
These skills are required in any health care facility, and subsequently are equally as valued in the long-term care geriatric setting. Unfortunately, the staff development coor
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