Other Titles
Prioritizing wellness in a multisite 12-Month new graduate residency program
Abstract
New Graduate Registered Nurse (NGRN) burn-out is an increasing, but not well studied phenomena (Xie et al., 2021). Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine if prioritizing wellness in a newly built, multi-site,12-month, nurse residency program will increase retention and decrease early NGRN burn-out. Relevance: Nurse wellbeing is imperative to address. The pandemic has shown addressing mental health in all workplaces is necessary, but in healthcare this is especially true. NGRN do not have the tools to properly care for themselves and need ongoing, evolving and varied strategies to be effective. Strategy: The site is a fifteen-hospital healthcare system based around the state of Georgia. This qualitative, descriptive study utilized the Casey-Fink evaluation tool and self-reporting of wellness and self-care activities. NGRN attends a live, monthly four-hour education class. This education focuses on development of soft skills, professional collaboration, mental health, and wellbeing activities. The idea is to give the NGRN different tools and strategies to improve mental health and decrease stress. Each monthly class has a different wellness focus. Such topics are mindfulness, conflict resolution strategies, work place stress management, to name a few. Class objectives are addressed by the instructor using lecture, discussion, and interactive methods. Outcomes: To monitor NGRN wellness progression and reception, NGRN fills out a pre-test prior to each class in which they self-evaluate their self-care and wellness usage. NGRN is then given a post class evaluation to measure their receptiveness of the course content. This program has the potential to impact staffing by decreasing NGRN first year turn-over rates; thereby, keeping more NGRN at the bedside practicing. Nurses with improved wellbeing can decrease medical errors (Melnyk et. al., 2018). Conclusion: This study is in its early stages but does have positive preliminary findings.
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Lead Author Affiliation
Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
New Graduate Nurse Residencies, Transition to Practice, Wellness, Burnout, Nurse Residents, Nurse Retention, Nurse Wellbeing
Conference Name
ANCC National Magnet Conference® and ANCC Pathway to Excellence
Conference Year
2023
Conference Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Conference Host
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Recommended Citation
Wilkins Howard, Andrea; Richardson, Kristie; Jones, Abby; Rella, Julianne; Acevedo-Sanic, Amalia; Turnbull, Klaria; Caudill, Halea; Gay, James C.; Bannis, Sophia; Fruitticher, Jennifer; Ross, Amy; Chambers, Belinda; Robinson, Stephanie; and Palmer, Catherine, "Prioritizing wellness in a multi-site new graduate nurse residency program" (2024). Group: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). 40.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_ancc/40
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