As the government prepares a new national carers strategy, this news item looks at the realities of the role and what needs to change.
Access the paper by clicking here The difference the Care Act can make to carers – and why too few benefit
Month: June 2016
Establishing a Nurse Mentor Program to Improve Nurse Satisfaction and Intent to Stay. (2016 Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Projects. Paper 15)
Retention of new graduate registered nurses (RNs) is a problem within the healthcare system negatively impacting patient safety and health care outcomes. The problem of retention of qualified RNs s compounded by the potential shortage of RNs, the aging RN workforce and the aging US population. During a period of transition, a novice RN requires the guidance of others to learn to apply theoretical knowledge to real life clinical experiences. In the linear progression of Benner’s levels of clinical competency, the beginning two levels of nurses need a resource person to guide their progression in clinical practice. A mentoring relationship can help the nurse accelerate through the novice to expert continuum. Mentoring is an intervention to foster support and socialization of new RNs to an organization or unit. A nurse mentor program was developed and implemented with the purpose to improve nurse satisfaction and intent to stay. A pre and post intervention design was implemented in a rural Emergency Department to evaluate nurse job satisfaction and intent to stay in the job. Intent to stay in the job mean scores increased and the RN participants reported program satisfaction through verbal and written feedback.
Access the paper by clicking here Establishing a Nurse Mentor Program to Improve Nurse Satisfaction and Intent to Stay. (2016 Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Projects. Paper 15)