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Sheryl Cosme1, Carey Yarbrough, Morgan O'Brien
1Sheryl Cosme, DNP, RN-BC, is Director Accreditation, Practice Transition Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Carey Yarbrough, MSN, RN, is Senior Magnet Program Analyst, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Morgan O'Brien, BA, is Senior Accreditation Program Specialist, Practice Transition Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, is Senior Vice President Accreditation, Certification, Measurement, and Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Abstract:
Nursing professional development practitioners are partners in practice transitions for new graduate nurses. Organizations seeking Magnet® designation need to demonstrate how new graduate nurses transition in the written documentation submitted to the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This article explores current strategies used by Magnet®-designated organizations and connects the strategies to the six new elements of the new 2019 Magnet® criterion, Structural Empowerment 9.
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