title: Nurse residency programs: Redesigning the transition into practice.
abstract: Two Wisconsin healthcare systems created a common definition and identified the essential components for a model nurse residency program (NRP). This community learning design was based on action learning principles. The results demonstrated improved retention, critical thinking, socialization, ability to manage stress, and problem-solving skills in new graduate nurses. The findings suggest that significant redesign of traditional learning methodology is required to achieve desired goals.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Education and Development, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. rjherdrich@covhealth.org
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herdrich
authors.forename: Aindrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017145:Models, Educational; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D012951:Socialization; D014922:Wisconsin