Retaining new graduate nurses: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

Katie A Chargualaf¹, Anna Bourgault, Christy Torkildson+8

• ¹Katie A. Chargualaf is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina Aiken in Aiken, S.C.; Anna Bourgault is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; Christy Torkildson is the director of the MSN-Public Health Nursing program at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.; Cheri Graham-Clark is a director of quality in San Diego, Calif.; Susan Nunez is an adjunct faculty member at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, Calif; Lisa T. Barile is a clinical nurse specialist, clinical educator, and health coach in Los Angeles, Calif.; Flordelis 'Lisa' DelaCruz is an NP at Community Health Centers of America in Salida, Calif.; Dana Reeher is an urgent care NP and an adjunct professor at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tammy Eversole is an adjunct nursing instructor at Pima Medical Institute in Tucson, Ariz.; Grace Edwards is a nursing instructor at Chamberlain University in Sacramento, Calif.; and Michelle Nichols is an associate professor at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.