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Creating a Statewide Nurse Residency: Using an Apprenticeship Model
Edna Cadmus1, Michele Livitch Roberts, Evy Olson
1Author Affiliations: Executive Director (Dr Cadmus) and Clinical Educator (Dr Livitch Roberts), New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, and Clinical Professor (Dr Cadmus) and Clinical Learning Facilitator (Dr Livitch Roberts), Rutgers School of Nursing, Newark; and Associate Vice President (Ms Olson), Nursing Programs, Vizient, Inc, Chicago, Illinois.
The Journal of Nursing Administration
|October 27, 2021
Summary
Implementing nurse residency programs for new graduates is recommended but not widespread. New Jersey
Area of Science:
- Healthcare professional development
- Nursing education and practice
Background:
- The Institute of Medicine advocates for residency programs for all new graduates.
- Hospitals have not universally adopted these essential programs.
- Nurse residency programs offer benefits in recruitment, retention, and resource management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the implementation of nurse residency programs.
- To present a scalable strategy for statewide adoption of nurse residency programs.
Main Methods:
- Review of New Jersey's experience with nurse residency programs.
- Analysis of the US Department of Labor's apprenticeship model.
Main Results:
- New Jersey's approach offers a viable model for other states.
- The apprenticeship model provides a framework for successful program implementation.
Conclusions:
- Statewide nurse residency programs are feasible and beneficial.
- The US Department of Labor apprenticeship model can guide effective nurse residency program development.
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