What is it about?
This systematic review of the contemporary and quality research literature examined the effects of mentoring on newly graduated registered nurses' transition to clinical practice. Three themes emerged in the literature: mentoring effectiveness, the extent of mentoring and mentoring efficacy. Mentoring was found to be an effective transition to practice for novice nurses, positively affecting competence, job satisfaction and retention of newly graduated registered nurses.
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Why is it important?
Nursing workforce recruitment and retention is a priority for health and social care systems. Nursing workforce shortages have a deleterious effect on the quality and safety of health consumer care. Strategies and systems aimed at retaining scarce nursing resources are important, and the evidence is clear that mentoring programs are an effective transition to practice for novice nurses.
Perspectives
Mentorship for new nurses moving into clinical practice helps decrease turnover rates and increase personal satisfaction, thus reducing organizational costs to institutions (Zhang et al., 2016) and positively influencing quality and safety in care.
Dr Richard Murray Olley
Griffith University
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This page is a summary of: Systematic Literature Review of The Effects Of Clinical Mentoring On New Graduate Registered Nurses’ Clinical Performance, Job Satisfaction And Job Retention, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, December 2021, Australasian College of Health Service Management,
DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v16i4.739.
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