The theory of organisational socialisation and its potential for improving transition experiences for new graduate nurses
Nurse Education TodayPublished 9 August 2014
Craig Phillips, Adrian Esterman, Amanda Kenny
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A model which supports the accommodation of new graduates within a health service improving both new graduate and health service outcomes through; greater levels of job satisfaction, increased commitment to an organisation and decreased turnover of new staff is proposed.
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Graduate nurse turnover is costly and destabilising for health services. One means of addressing this is the creation of positive working environments which appropriately socialise new graduates into health services. Accommodating new employees through; individual recognition, modelling of behaviours and developing positive transition outcomes will improve graduate nurse satisfaction and importantly retention.
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