Nursing student residency program: a model for a seamless transition from nursing student to RN.
It takes a relatively long time for new nursing graduates to become oriented and comfortable with work routines on the nursing unit. To address the problem, the authors formed a partnership among three educational programs and three hospitals. This article describes a 900-hour residency program for senior baccalaureate nursing students to ease their transition into the role of beginning-level staff nurse in an acute-care setting. The benefits to the hospitals were decreased orientation time, less turnover in staff (50% at 2 years), and lower recruitment costs.
Olson
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College of Nursing, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA. Roberta_Olson@sdstate.edu
Nelson
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Stuart
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Young
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Kleinsasser
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Schroedermeier
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Newstrom
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