Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate Graduate Nurses' (GN) perceptions of helping behaviors of their preceptors, mentors, or coaches, during their nurse residency program. The nurse residency program correlates with the GNs transition into the nursing profession to become a competent Registered Nurse (RN).

With the ever growing increase in the shortage of nurses nationally there is a need to evaluate and identify themes that will assist in easing the transition, retention, and recruitment of competent new nurses into the nursing profession. These themes are of significance to both the hiring Healthcare facilities and the educational institutions that prepare and train future nurses.

The phenomenon of the perceptions of the graduate nurse's lived experiences of the helping behaviors through the residency programs was studied. A qualitative phenomenological method was used. Data collection included a series of three focus group sessions; with a total of nineteen participants included in this study. In addition to the focus group sessions, audio recordings were used along with the researcher's notes and participant data collection sheets and comments. Participants were Graduate Nurse's attending the Nurse Residency Program at Pennsylvania Hospital in Center City Philadelphia.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3348199; ProQuest document ID: 304633259. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Michelle M. Murphy-Rozanski, PhD, MSN, RN, CRNP-FNP, Associate Dean/Associate Professor

Sigma Membership

Delta Tau at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Graduate Nurses, Mentoring, Nurse Residency Programs, Nursing Shortage, Supportative Learning Environments, Nursing Retention

Advisor

Marion Dugan

Second Advisor

Barbara McLaughlin

Third Advisor

Shelia Vaidya

Fourth Advisor

Patrick Auth

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Drexel University

Degree Year

2008

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-07-05

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