title: Evidence-based transition to practice: developing a model for North Carolina.
abstract: To enhance patient safety and increase retention of new nurses, structures and processes should be developed to ensure that newly licensed nurses are afforded the opportunity to gain confidence and competence as they enter the workforce. This commentary provides an overview of the work performed to date in North Carolina to build an evidence-based transition-to-practice model.
authors: NC Foundation for Nursing Excellence, PO Box 31824, Raleigh, NC 27622, USA. polly.johnson@ffne.org
authors: Mary P
authors: MP
authors: Johnson
authors: Joyce W
authors: JW
authors: Roth
authors: Pamela R
authors: PR
authors: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009657:North Carolina; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires