Journal article
Transitioning to practice in long‐term care: New graduate nurses’ experience of an accelerated transition to nurse leader
Abstract
AIM: To describe the transition to practice experience of new graduate nurses in long-term care.
BACKGROUND: Nursing is facing increasing pressures related to outpaced demands and a greater acuity of patients accessing services. Hiring new graduate nurses into long-term care (LTC) is a strategy to counteract these pressures, however, little is known about the transition experience of new graduate Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses in this …
Authors
Whitmore C; Kaasalainen S; Ploeg J; Baxter P
Journal
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 1272–1283
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
6 2019
DOI
10.1111/jan.13945
ISSN
0309-2402