title: Advice to new graduates: get (at least) one year of psychiatric/mental health nursing experience before working in medical-surgical settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, USA. mona shattell@uncg.edu
authors.forename: Mona M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shattell
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration