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Building The Future: New Grad Residency As A Response To The Staffing Crisis, Caitlin Silva, Geri Harmon
Building The Future: New Grad Residency As A Response To The Staffing Crisis, Caitlin Silva, Geri Harmon
Providence Nursing Research Conference 2023 – Present
Purpose:
An innovative nursing project was created to evaluate if increasing the total number of nurses entering the Transition into Practice (TIP) program would decrease traveler utilization, resulting in cost savings for the hospital.
Relevance/Significance:
Nursing shortages reached a critical level during the pandemic, and many hospitals throughout the country have not recovered. Many nurses have either left the bedside entirely or moved to the competitive pay of travel nursing requiring hospitals to create competitive hiring practices. The utilization of travel nurses results in increased costs and can have negative patient outcomes.
Strategy/Implementation/Methods:
The clinical education team collaborated with leadership …