Starting Out: qualitative perspectives of new graduate nurses and nurse leaders on transition to practice
Journal of Nursing ManagementPublished 27 February 2017
Sandra Regan, Carol Wong, Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Greta G. Cummings, Michael P. Leiter, Maura MacPhee
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The results show that new graduate nurses need access to transition support and resources and that nurse leaders often face organisational constraints in being able to support new graduate doctors.
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Organisations should ensure that nurse leaders have the resources they need to support the positive transition of new graduate nurses including adequate staffing and realistic workloads for both experienced and new nurses. Nurse leaders should work to create unit cultures that foster learning by encouraging new graduate nurses to ask questions and seek feedback without fear of criticism or incivility.
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