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Development Of An Evidence-Based New Graduate Nursing Orientation Program For The Emergency Department, Mary Ellen Zaleski
Development Of An Evidence-Based New Graduate Nursing Orientation Program For The Emergency Department, Mary Ellen Zaleski
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The traditional new graduate nurse (NGN) orientation process places NGN with an experienced preceptor for 24 weeks and requires clinical skills checklists to be completed by the preceptor, a practice which is not an evidence-based practice for orienting NGNs. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop an evidence-based orientation to decrease time requirements and standardize the processes and evaluation of the NGN in the emergency department. The project was informed by Benner's novice to expert theory and focused on acquisition of clinical skills. The project team included 6 stakeholders: the Doctor of Nursing Practice student-leader, the unit …
Graduate Nurse Pediatric Emergency Nursing Orientation Program, Mindi Lynne Johnson
Graduate Nurse Pediatric Emergency Nursing Orientation Program, Mindi Lynne Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research has found that the turnover rate of graduate nurses within their first year is significantly high. Specialties such as pediatric and emergency nursing have even a higher turnover rate. It has been suggested that significant amounts of stress and lack of skills are responsible for the turnovers. This quality improvement project, which is theoretically based on Benner's novice to expert theory, will examine if a lack of a specialized pediatric emergency graduate nurse orientation program is a contributing factor. The purpose of the project is to improve retention of graduate nurses by implementing a specialized orientation program that focuses …