Bridging the gap between school and workplace: developing a new graduate nurse curriculum.
The authors describe development of an evidence-based new graduate nurse curriculum that is derived from (1) the duties and tasks that registered nurses actually perform in the clinical setting, (2) Benner's novice-to-expert framework, and (3) group interview information from major nursing stakeholders. In addition, the research-based infrastructure and ongoing evaluation that anchored the implementation and consequent modification of the curriculum are presented.
Patient Care Services, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. pbeecroft@chla.usc.edu
Pauline C
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Beecroft
Lucy A
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Kunzman
Suzanne
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Taylor
Elizabeth
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Devenis
Frances
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Guzek
D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine