LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Developing the Graduate Nurse Residency: An Oral History With Dr. Colleen Goode and Dr. Mary Krugman.

Photo from wikipedia

Health care organizations face the challenge of needing newly licensed nurses to fill positions and facilitate competent care for patients. Wide variation in graduate nurse orientation programs, a growing complexity… Click to show full abstract

Health care organizations face the challenge of needing newly licensed nurses to fill positions and facilitate competent care for patients. Wide variation in graduate nurse orientation programs, a growing complexity of care, and high graduate nurse turnover rates led to the development of nurse residency programs. The historical perspectives of two nursing pioneers involved in the development of a national model for nurse residency programs provide context to the importance of creating a vision, providing leadership, and applying an evidence-based rationale to structure a series of learning and work experiences designed to support graduate nurses as they transition into their first professional nursing position. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2022;53(4):171-177.].

Keywords: nurse residency; graduate nurse; graduate; developing graduate

Journal Title: Journal of continuing education in nursing
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.