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Barriers and facilitators for implementing a nurse residency program for new graduate nurses: a scoping review
Jessica B Pickens1,2, Michelle Palokas2
1School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Objective:
The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map any barriers or obstacles to implementing a nurse residency program for new graduate nurses, and any facilitators that could ease the process of implementing a nurse residency program.
Introduction:
One way to prevent new nurse graduate turnover and reduce the organizational cost of training new nurses is to proactively address their burnout and stress. Organizations can reduce high levels of new nurse graduate turnover and ensure these graduates are competent in nursing practice by implementing a nurse residency program. Nurse residency programs have been found to be beneficial to retaining and preparing new graduate nurses; however, many facilities are not utilizing these programs.
Inclusion Criteria:
This review will consider published and unpublished studies from 2002 until the present that report on the barriers and facilitators for hospitals implementing nurse residency programs for newly licensed nurse graduates with less than 12 months of nursing experience. Studies that report on hospitals in any culture or geographic location will be included.
Methods:
The key databases to be searched include MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), and Web of Science. Sources of unpublished studies and gray literature to be searched include ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and MedNar. Two independent reviewers will retrieve and review full-text studies and extract data. The results will be presented in diagrammatic or tabular format with a narrative summary.
Review Registration Number:
Open Science Framework https://osf.io/3gmpu.
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