title: Student pre-entry experience and first year of employment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Student clinical and work-related experiences are available at many healthcare organizations, but little is known about how these experiences contribute to the employer/nurse work relationship that begins after graduation. This study examined the relationship of senior BSN students' past employer experience in describing first-year employer commitment and turnover.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample was 63 senior BSN students. Experience factors measured included job selection factors, pre- and one-year commitment, organizational climate, employer support, and first-year turnover.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Organizational climate was the experience-related factor most important in explaining first-year commitment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings suggest the importance of supportive work environments to new nurses both before and after accepting the first graduate nurse position.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Lincoln 68588-0620, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires