Best practices of formal new graduate nurse transition programs: An integrative review
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The stronger evidence suggests that new graduate education should focus on practical skill development, preceptors should receive a level of formal training, formal support should be available at least through the difficult six to nine month post-hire period, opportunities for connection with their peers should be provided, and organizations should strive to ensure clinical units with healthy work environments.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Nursing Studies.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 382 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nursing research & Mentorship.read more
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Use of Mobile Phone Text Message Reminders in Health Care Services: A Narrative Literature Review
TL;DR: Although SMS reminders are used with different patient groups in health care, SMS is less systematically studied with randomized controlled trial study design, although the amount of evidence for SMS application recommendations is still limited, having 77% of the studies showing improved outcomes may indicate its use in health Care settings.
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A systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies and interventions to improve the transition from student to newly qualified nurse.
TL;DR: The evidence suggests that transition interventions/strategies do lead to improvements in confidence and competence, job satisfaction, critical thinking and reductions in stress and anxiety for the newly qualified nurse.
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New graduate nurses' experiences about lack of professional confidence.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the development of professional confidence is a dynamic process that occurs throughout the first year of practice, and new graduate nurses must experience both positive and negative circumstances in order to move toward the attainment of professionalconfidence.
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Starting Out: A time-lagged study of new graduate nurses’ transition to practice
Heather K. Spence Laschinger,Greta G. Cummings,Michael P. Leiter,Carol A. Wong,Maura MacPhee,Judith A. Ritchie,Angela C. Wolff,Sandra Regan,Ann Rhéaume-Brüning,Lianne Jeffs,Carol Young-Ritchie,Doris Grinspun,Mary Ellen Gurnham,Barbara Foster,Sherri Huckstep,Maurio Ruffolo,Judith Shamian,Vanessa Burkoski,Kevin Wood,Emily Read +19 more
TL;DR: Results provide a look into the worklife experiences of Canadian new graduate nurses over a one-year time period and identify factors that influence their job-related outcomes.
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Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: A systematic review.
TL;DR: A wide variety of interventions and components within those interventions were identified to improve nurse retention and turnover, and clinical practice areas are recommended to assess their current interventions against the identified criteria to guide development of their effectiveness.
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New Graduate Nurses’ Perceptions of Mentoring: six-year programme evaluation
TL;DR: A successful relationship between mentor and resident-mentee requires adequate time for the connection to grow through face-to-face meetings on a regular basis, and obstacles to meeting regularly and adequate role training of both mentors and mentees must be addressed in mentorship programmes for new graduate nurses.
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Competency of new graduate nurses: a review of their weaknesses and strategies for success.
TL;DR: Because of the ongoing nursing shortage and the increasing acuity of patients, new graduate nurses must master both psychomotor and critical thinking skills rapidly and health care leaders must examine the competencies needed to succeed in this environment.
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Nurse residency programs: an essential requirement for nursing.
TL;DR: The number of new graduates who will be needed to fill positions in acute-care hospitals is astounding and the hiring and precepting of this many inexperienced nurses will severely tax hospital resources.
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A Study of Transition: The New Nurse Graduate at 3 Months
Mary Lou Ellerton,Frances Gregor +1 more
TL;DR: At 3 months following graduation, new graduates are apprehensive about their work and their approaches to nursing are largely procedural and guided by the routines of senior colleagues.
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Creating a Healthy Workplace for New‐Generation Nurses
Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay,David Kenneth Wright,Nicole Desforges,Céline Gélinas,Caroline Marchionni,Ulrika Drevniok +5 more
TL;DR: Generation Y nurses in Quebec, faced with high levels of psychological distress because of their exposure to difficult nursing work environments, might leave the profession thereby exacerbating an already salient nursing shortage.