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A residency, or transitional program is an after-graduation program that helps better prepare new graduate nurses for the clinical setting. The transitional programs increase the new nurses’ self confidence and makes them more likely to become leaders in their nursing careers.

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's confidence

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's confidence

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One of the most important values to a residency program is confidence. You gain a new found confidence in your clinical skills as well as your team and management. Since you are not alone right out of the gate, thrown onto the floor, you have people there to help you before you make mistakes. One of the biggest challenge facing the nursing community is the nationwide shortage of nurses. Study shows that 24% of NGRNs resign by their second year into clinical experience because they feel way underprepared to enter the workforce (Trepanier, Early, Ulrich and Cherry, 2008, p. 209). This in turn, allows baby nurses to feel more confident in their abilities, less afraid to speak up with any concerns and cause a decrease overall in hospital nurse turnover rate.

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's leadership skills

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's leadership skills

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With more confident, clinically sound nurses you find those more willing to step up into leadership positions. Letourneau, R. and Fater, K. (2015), made a point of stating that new graduate nurses that went through the program reported higher job satisfaction, demonstrated a higher level of quality of care and improved their skills in decision making (p. 97).

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's leadership skills cont.

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Impact of Nurse Residency Programs on a new nurse's leadership skills cont.

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They have the necessary skills to multi-task, delegate and socialize with ease. The article by Brown and Crookes (2016) identify a list of ‘necessary skills’ taking in a survey all across Australia via people in all walks of the healthcare profession including managers, clinicians, academia, deans of nursing school and chief nursing officers. The top skills found to be lacking in those new graduate nurses not in transitional programs were leadership, communication and collaboration. All of these skills are nurtured in residency programs. Nurses who go through these programs are more likely to inspire those around them to work together and do better, provide better for their patients.

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Leadership and characteristics of Nursing leadership.

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References

Brown, R. & Crookes, P. (2016). What are the ‘necessary’ skills for a newly graduating RN? Results of an Australian survey. BMC Nursing, 15, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0144-8

Cherry, B. & Jacob, S. (Eds.). (2017). Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, & management (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Letourneau, R. & Fater, K. (2015). Nurse residency programs: An integrative review of the literature. Nursing Education Perspectives, 36(2), 96-101. doi: 10.5480/13-1229

Trepanier, S., Early, S., Ulrich, B., & Cherry, B. (2012). New graduate nurse residency program: A cost-benefit analysis based on turnover and contract labor usage. Nursing Economic$, 30(4), 207-214. Retrieved from http://www.nursingeconomics.net/cgibin/WebObjects/NECJournal.woa