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Nurse residency program: best practices for optimizing organizational success.

Marilyn Meyer Bratt¹

¹College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA. marilyn.bratt@marquette.edu

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

|May 25, 2013

Summary

This article presents best practices for establishing, creating, and sustaining nurse residency programs. These evidence-based recommendations, developed over seven years, help organizations build successful programs regardless of size or resources.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Healthcare Management
Professional Development

Background:

Nurse residency programs are crucial for integrating new nurses into practice.
Challenges exist in implementing and sustaining effective residency programs across diverse healthcare settings.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide evidence-based best practice recommendations for nurse residency programs.
To offer a structured approach for program implementation and sustainability.

Main Methods:

The recommendations are organized around three core processes: infrastructure establishment, program creation, and program sustainability.
Lessons learned from 7 years of implementation at rural and urban hospital sites inform the recommendations.

Main Results:

A comprehensive framework for developing and sustaining nurse residency programs.
Key findings applicable to organizations of varying sizes and resource levels.

Conclusions:

Successful nurse residency programs can be built using structured, evidence-based recommendations.
These best practices enhance the likelihood of program success and nurse retention.