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Australia's first transition to professional practice in primary care program for graduate registered nurses: a pilot study.
- Source :
- BMC Nursing; 3/23/2017, Vol. 16, p1-11, 11p, 10 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background: Increases in ageing, chronic illness and complex co-morbidities in the Australian population are adding pressure to the primary care nursing workforce. Initiatives to attract and retain nurses are needed to establish a sustainable and skilled future primary care nursing workforce. We implemented a transition to professional practice program in general practice settings for graduate nurses and evaluated graduate nurse competency, the graduate nurse experience and program satisfaction. This study aimed to determine whether a transition to professional practice program implemented in the general practice setting led to competent practice nurses in their first year post-graduation. Methods: A longitudinal, exploratory mixed-methods design was used to assess the pilot study. Data were collected at three times points (3, 6, 12 months) with complete data sets from graduate nurses (n=4) and preceptors (n = 7). We assessed perceptions of the graduates' nursing competency and confidence, satisfaction with the preceptor/graduate relationship, and experiences and satisfaction with the program. Graduate nurse competency was assessed using the National Competency Standards for Nurses in General Practice. Semi-structured interviews with participants at Time 3 sought information about barriers, enablers, and the perceived impact of the program. Results: Graduate nurses were found to be competent within their first year of clinical practice. Program perceptions from graduate nurses and preceptors were positive and the relationship between the graduate nurse and preceptor was key to this development. Conclusions: With appropriate support registered nurses can transition directly into primary care and are competent in their first year post-graduation. While wider implementation and research is needed, findings from this study demonstrate the potential value of transition to professional practice programs within primary care as a nursing workforce development strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NURSING standards
CLINICAL competence
CLINICAL medicine
CONFIDENCE
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
NURSES
PRIMARY health care
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SATISFACTION
SCHOOL environment
STATISTICS
STUDENTS
STUDENT attitudes
SUPERVISION of employees
T-test (Statistics)
TEACHER-student relationships
EMPLOYEES' workload
PILOT projects
DATA analysis
GRADUATES
HUMAN services programs
TRANSITIONAL programs (Education)
COLLEGE teacher attitudes
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122331957
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-017-0207-5