title: Preceptor program boosts recruitment & retention.
abstract: VNA Care Network established a Graduate Nurse Preceptor Program to help alleviate their nursing shortage and change a few minds about opportunities in home health care. The graduate nurses have helped rejuvenate more experienced staff, helped them to see their work from a different perspective, inspired clinicians to improve their skills and provide the best possible care to patients, and filled many open home care positions.
authors.affiliation: VNA Care Network, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. rlawless@vnacarenetwork.org
authors.forename: Rosalie P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lawless
authors.forename: Kerry A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Demers
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000078329:Workforce