The transition of graduate nurses to practice has been identified as challenging. Graduate nurses report feeling stressed, ill prepared, and having intentions to leave jobs and the profession. Concerns of intentions to leave are worrisome for the nursing profession, especially when faced with the need to replace an aging nursing workforce, and to maintain quality patient care.
Based on the findings of this Canadian thesis a number of implications targeting graduate nurse transition and retention at nursing practice, education, research and policy levels are proposed.
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