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Colleen J Goode1, Patricia Reid Ponte, Donna Sullivan Havens
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Goode), Healthcare Systems, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora; Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Executive Director, Oncology Nursing and Clinical Services (Dr Reid Ponte), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Interim Dean and Professor (Dr Sullivan Havens), Healthcare Systems and Outcomes, University of North Carolina School of Nursing at Chapel Hill.
Abstract:
Nurse residency programs have been developed with the goal of helping newly licensed nurses successfully transition to independent practice. The authors propose that all newly licensed nurses hired in acute care hospitals be required to complete an accredited residency program. An evidence table examines the state of the science related to transition-to-practice programs and provides the basis for recommendations.
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