title: Teaching new graduate nurses about infusion therapy in a nurse residency program.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe how the concept of infusion nursing was incorporated into orientation for new graduate nurses at an academic medical center in the Midwest. Strategies were identified based on their unique learning needs and a desire to instill safe infusion practices early in their nursing careers. (A Supplemental Video Abstract for this article is available at http://links.lww.com/JIN/A64.).
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Kim McPhee, MS, RN-BC, is the nurse residency program coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. She has worked closely with new graduate nurses for more than a decade and continually adapts teaching strategies based on their learning needs. She is certified in nursing professional development.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McPhee
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000451:nursing*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D014922:Wisconsin