Impact of a Nurse Residency Program on Transition to Specialty Practice

Susan A Boyer¹, Krystal K Valdez-Delgado, Jody L Huss+2

• ¹Susan A. Boyer, DNP, RN, is Executive Director of Vermont Nurses in Partnership, Inc., Windsor. Krystal K. Valdez-Delgado, BSN, RN, is Geneva Foundation Research Nurse Coordinator at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Jody L. Huss, MSN, RN, is a Major in the U.S. Air Force MEDCOM and Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Emergency Department at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas. Amber J. Barker, MSN, RN, is a Major in the U.S. Air Force MEDCOM and Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Maternal Child Section at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas. Elizabeth A. Mann-Salinas, PhD, RN, FCCM, ANC, is a Colonel in the U.S. Army MEDCOM and Task Area Director in the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, Texas.