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Improving Retention Rates Of New Graduate Nurses, Rebekah B. Littlefield, Courtney Kelsey, Sophia Howrey
Improving Retention Rates Of New Graduate Nurses, Rebekah B. Littlefield, Courtney Kelsey, Sophia Howrey
Non-Thesis Student Work
The purpose of this project is to explore if pairing (P) new grad nurses (I) with a similar personality nurse preceptor (C) as compared to a randomly assigned nurse preceptor (O) improves retention rates (T) over a 24-month period? Nursing has been recognized as a highly stressful profession that can lead to early career burnout. New nurses have reported an intention to leave the profession due to high-stress levels from unrealistic career expectations. Studies have shown that having a supported, planned, and consistent residency program for new nurses will increase retention of the nurses at the beginning of their careers. …
Perceptions Of Healthcare Workers About Jamaica’S Health Disaster Management Plan, Terence Raphael Walters
Perceptions Of Healthcare Workers About Jamaica’S Health Disaster Management Plan, Terence Raphael Walters
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Disasters cause several barriers to the provision of healthcare services in Jamaica. These include damaged infrastructure, reduced access to medical care and supplies, increased demand for healthcare services, and physical and psychosocial impacts on healthcare workers. It is not known how effective the Ministry of Health Procedures Manual No. 7, Disaster Management is and how healthcare workers in Jamaica perceive the effectiveness of the plan. The purpose of this study was to explore how healthcare workers in Jamaica perceived the effectiveness of the plan. The procedures manual requires collective actions by healthcare workers to be implemented successfully, and therefore collective …