title: Making the fit: orienting new employees to community health nursing agencies.
abstract: Community health nurse managers require tested orientation methods to fit new employees into the rapidly changing conditions of professional practice, increase nursing productivity, and reduce turnover. The clinical competencies for community health nursing provide a workable framework for applying orientation principles to the special demands of community health nursing.
authors.affiliation: Seattle Pacific University, School of Health Sciences, Washington 98119.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Hefty
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martaus
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D004526:Efficiency; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011231:Preceptorship; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D000078329:Workforce