Evaluation of a Nurse Residency Program
Journal for Nurses in Professional DevelopmentPublished 1 November 2018
Seema Pillai, Nancy N. Manister, Mary T. Coppolo, Maryanne S. Ducey, Janet McManus-Penzero
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Evaluated nurse residency programs showed a critical loss of new graduate nurses between Years 1 and 2 of employment, and strategies to improve this nurse residency program were identified.
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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 residency program. Data on 20 cohorts (N = 241) of graduate nurses and best practices for residency programs were examined. Strategies to improve this nurse residency program were identified. Data showed a critical loss of new graduate nurses between Years 1 and 2 of employment.
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