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TL;DR: Evidence suggests that transition programmes are necessary in creating working environments that support new nurses in the clinical environment and this is demonstrated by increased job satisfaction and retention rates, however, optimum programme length and structure are unclear.

TL;DR: This systematic review explores the perceptions of experienced registered nurses regarding the clinical competence of new nursing graduates and areas of concern related to critical thinking and clinical/technical skills.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined rural nurses' ability to assess and manage patient deterioration using measures of knowledge, situation awareness and skill performance in simulated scenarios in a rural hospital setting, where actors simulated deteriorating patients with an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as the primary diagnosis.

TL;DR: Identifying key areas in which new nursing graduates are not yet competent means that educational providers and educators from healthcare settings can focus on these skills in better preparing the authors' nurses to be work ready.

TL;DR: The Team Emergency assessment tool proved to be a valid measure of team performance in patient deterioration scenarios and the identification and management of patient deterioration needs to be taught in professional development programmes incorporating high fidelity simulation techniques.