New Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice Program to Increase Inter-professional Confidence
Author | : Tinnikka Angel Robertson-Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1350928175 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: " Despite the evidence supporting the benefits of Nurse Residency Programs, anecdotal evidence suggested that the curriculum does not provide a focus on the lack of confidence new graduate nurses have transitioning into practice, nor does it provide resources to enhance confidence development. This evidence-based change project included new graduate nurses who were enrolled in a transition to practice, Nurse Residency Program (NRP) cohort. The participants engaged in a quality improvement project that provided confidence building exercises and resources to increase inter-professional confidence as an addendum to their current NRP curriculum. A confidence building curriculum addendum project was implemented during months five and six of their twelve month program. The data to measure the outcomes of this evidence-based change project was collected using the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey as a pretest/posttest. New graduate nurse residency participants (N=10) showed a limited overall improvement in their confidence/comfort level post intervention. One area of noted increase was having less difficulty organizing patient care needs (mean increase 24.14%). The survey results suggest numerous possibilities for improvement of new graduate nurses transitioning into practice-such as confidence building initiatives, to include seasoned nursing staff education on the importance of their role in the onboarding of new graduate nurses. Key words: Nurse; New graduate; Transition to Practice Program; Confidence; Inter-professional; Nurse Residency Program; Evidenced-based practice; Change project. " -- Abstract