New graduates account for the highest numbers of nurses entering and exiting the
profession. Turnover is costly, especially in specialty settings. Nurse residency programs are …

Objectives To identify newly qualified nurses' experiences during transition to professional
practice, and explore their and other key stakeholders' perceptions of nursing transition …

This multisite study of transition to practice included 105 hospitals in three states. Hospitals
volunteered to participate and were randomly assigned to either the study group or the …

Background A small Midwestern college of nursing and an affiliate hospital partnered to
design a nurse residency program where students are extended pre-hire job offers in a …

Nurse residency programs have been developed with the goal of helping newly licensed
nurses successfully transition to independent practice. The authors propose that all newly …

Objectives A peer-support program called Resilience In Stressful Events (RISE) was
designed to help hospital staff cope with stressful patient-related events. The aim of this …

OBJECTIVE This study compares and contrasts new graduate nurse attributes and
perceptions using findings from a 2010 study and a recent analysis of new graduate nurses …

A nurse residency program was designed to train a large group of new graduate nurses
hired into multiple specialty areas. The program included a generalist 1 month 5 day/week …

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe newly licensed RN (NLRN) preceptorships
and the effects on competency and retention. Background: Preceptors are widely used, but …

Nurse residency programs are important tools to improve retention of new graduate nurses.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an institutionally developed nurse …