What is it about?

Read about a nurse residency program in a psychiatric-mental health nursing setting and its effect on retention. The instrument is described in detail as are job satisfiers and dissatisfiers.

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Why is it important?

Only 27% of California hospitals have nurse residency programs. They are an important strategy for recruiting and retaining nurses in the psychiatric-mental health specialty.

Perspectives

This was a 6-year study that involved nursing researchers at two Sharp HealthCare facilities. The findings are important for internal and external audiences.

Mr. Luc R Pelletier
Sharp Healthcare

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This page is a summary of: Effectiveness of a Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Residency Program on Retention, Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, October 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1078390318807968.
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