Abstract

The current challenges in retaining and maintaining confident and satisfied new graduate nurses are attributed to three primary factors: lack of competence, lack of self-confidence and lack of peer support (Twibell et all, 2012). There has been a call for nurse residency programs to supplement the transition from student nurse to working nurse. The purpose of this study was to determine if new graduate nurses enrolled in the University of California Davis' Nurse Residency program reported satisfaction with their current job and to determine their level of confidence with specific nursing situations and tasks.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 1565645; ProQuest document ID: 1615368402. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kaitlynn Thurman, MS, RN, CCRN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Thesis

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

New Graduate Nurses, Nurse Retention, Orientation Programs, Nursing Compentence, Peer Support

Advisor

Debra Bakerjian

Second Advisor

Deborah Ward

Third Advisor

Alberto Odor

Degree

Master's

Degree Grantor

University of California, Davis

Degree Year

2014

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-11-16

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