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Establishing A Structured Mentorship Program For Novice Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Veterans Health Care System, Rodney Duckett
Establishing A Structured Mentorship Program For Novice Advanced Practice Registered Nurses In The Veterans Health Care System, Rodney Duckett
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Background. Mentorship is an age-old strategy still widely sought after to increase integration into the workforce. Employers of new APRNs must be aware that newly graduated APRNs are inexperienced. To maximize the employers’ investment, training on proper integration should be a high priority. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project addressed this quality improvement issue through the implementation of a structured mentorship program to improve the overall transitioning of newly hired APRNs in the Veterans Health Care System (VHCS). Problem. The VHCS lacks a formalized, structured mentorship program for newly graduated APRNs entering the VA System. Intervention. Seven APRN mentors …