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Transition experiences of nurses as students and new graduate nurses in a collaborative nurse residency program
Melinda M Wildermuth1, Ann Weltin2, Andrea Simmons2
1Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 2122 25th Avenue, Rock Island, IL, USA.
Background:
A small Midwestern college of nursing and an affiliate hospital partnered to design a nurse residency program where students are extended pre-hire job offers in a practice area of their choice and are then partnered with a preceptor who they will work with in a clinical immersion experience during the last semester of their nursing program and in their orientation period as new nurses.
Purpose:
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of a cohort of nurses as students and new graduate nurses during transition in this collaborative nurse residency program.
Method:
A transcendental phenomenological qualitative approach using Meleis' Transition Experience Theory as a theoretical framework is used for this study.
Results:
Themes of feeling overwhelmed, supported, and confident were identified. A finding unique to the literature and this nurse residency program model is a theme of overwhelming support.
Conclusions:
This information can be used to improve the nurse residency program and its outcomes and also further the advancement of nursing knowledge of the transition experience of new nurses.
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