Sketch of a chief nursing officer at a podium pointing to a CNO dashboard showing nurse turnover, vacancy rate, overtime hours, HCAHPS scores, patient falls, and pressure injuries.

Option 1

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

You are the Chief Nursing Officer of a 250-bed acute care hospital. Executive leadership has asked you to develop a dashboard that will be reviewed monthly to monitor nursing quality, workforce outcomes, patient safety, and organizational performance.

Examples of dashboard metrics

  • Nurse turnover
  • Vacancy rate
  • Patient falls
  • Pressure injuries
  • CLABSI/CAUTI
  • Medication errors
  • HCAHPS
  • Staff engagement
  • Overtime hours
  • RN certification rate
Sketch of a college of nursing dean working at his desk with reports and a laptop, beneath a dashboard showing NCLEX pass rate, enrollment trends, graduation rate, faculty scholarly productivity, and clinical placement availability.

Option 2

Dean of a College of Nursing

Dean of a College of Nursing

You are the Dean of a College of Nursing. The Board of Directors has requested a dashboard that will be reviewed each semester to evaluate program quality, student success, faculty performance, and organizational effectiveness.

Examples of dashboard metrics

  • Enrollment
  • Retention/persistence
  • Graduation rate
  • NCLEX pass rate
  • Employment rate
  • Faculty scholarly productivity
  • Student satisfaction
  • Clinical placement availability
  • Diversity of the student body
  • Faculty retention
Sketch of a professional development director presenting a dashboard of new graduate retention, orientation completion, mandatory education, specialty certification, and preceptor satisfaction to a group of nurses in scrubs.

Option 3

Director of Nursing Professional Development

Director of Nursing Professional Development

You are the Director of Nursing Professional Development for a large healthcare system. Senior leadership has requested a dashboard to monitor workforce development, competency, onboarding, continuing education, certification, and professional growth across the organization.

Examples of dashboard metrics

  • New graduate retention
  • Orientation completion
  • Competency validation
  • Mandatory education completion
  • Specialty certification rate
  • Continuing education participation
  • Preceptor satisfaction
  • Time to independent practice
  • Professional advancement
  • Staff engagement