The new grad: a success story.

Full Abstract

The new graduate nurse is a fragile commodity to the healthcare system and should be handled carefully to create a smooth transition to competent staff nurse. A primary role of the staff development nurse is to plan an orientation program that not only provides direction for success but is also flexible enough to meet the individual nurse's needs when problems arise. Second, having an understanding of the significance of the coach-orientee relationship is equally important in ensuring a successful orientation.

Author information

Author/s: Ardoin, Katherine B (KB); Pryor, Susan K (SK);

Affiliation: Nursing Staff Development Specialist, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506, USA. JaskatArd(-atsign-)aol.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization (J Nurses Staff Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 May-Jun; vol 22 (issue 3) : pp 129-33

Dates: Created 2006/06/08; Completed 2006/07/28;

PMID: 16760773, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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