“…The effects of COVID-19 on health care illuminated the NPD practitioner's ability to pivot rapidly to meet the educational needs of the nursing staff. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, NPDs were charged with ensuring nursing staff had the knowledge and skill to properly wear their personal protective equipment and assist the staff in adapting to the fluid situation of the crisis (Schivinski & McNulty, 2021). Strategies adopted to respond to the pandemic included virtual onboarding, just-in-time education, and unit-based orientation (Weiss et al, 2021); cross-training of staff (Breaux, 2021); collaborating with infection prevention (Edwards et al, 2021); and implementing virtual nurse residency programs (Malone et al, 2021).…”