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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"new graduates"”.
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Retention of new graduates to their first professional role: perceptions of those that have stayed
There is an inability to retain new graduate nurses in their initial positions. Patricia Benner (1984) developed the From Novice to Expert Theory of nurse development outlining the nurses’ transition through the developmental stages of novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert …
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Employability skills of new graduates and SMEs: A case study of the financial service industry in Lagos State, Nigeria.
… how SME employers experience and understand new graduate employability in Nigeria. The word employability is a difficult concept to define comprehensively. Therefore, past studies have produced a varied list of “employability skills”. Over previous decades interest in graduate employability …
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Innovative Approach to New Nurse Residency, Meaningful Use and Health Care Reform
… (RN) travelers, RN registry and RN overtime with new graduate RNs. Newly graduated RNs are often viewed by hospital administrators as a more costly staffing resource. This project contributes knowledge regarding the potential cost savings with the utilization of a centralized float pool …
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Employers’ perceptions of new graduate registered nurses’ preparedness to work in primary health care
New graduate registered nurses are prepared for practice in primary health care and could be a relatively untapped resource to address the issue of the ageing workforce in primary health care and fulfil the vision of increasing the opportunities for nurses and nursing in the community. This …
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Critical thinking and clinical reasoning in new graduate occupational therapists: a phenomenological study.
… thinking and clinical reasoning adopted by new graduate occupational therapists as they enter the workforce to become newly autonomous practitioners. The study obtained the perspectives of new graduates, their supervisors and service managers on the means by which critical thinking and …
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Mature students in occupational therapy education and practice
… performance of recent occupational therapy graduates. The study was divided into two parts. The analysis of age and academic performance in occupational therapy education initially provided a picture of mature student success when compared with the performance of younger students, but this …
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Effects of Anxiety Reducing Interventions on Performance Anxiety in Graduate Nurses
<p>Every new nursing graduate is challenged to successfully transition from student to professional nurse. The stress involved in that transition can manifest itself as performance anxiety, a type of anxiety occurring when someone is the focus of attention and is fearful of interactions or of being …
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The Effect of Nurse Residency Program Completion on Work Readiness of New Graduate Nurses Transitioning into Professional Practice
<p>The transition of new graduate nurses from their roles as students to professional nurses is challenging. New graduate nurses have to complete cursory orientation with high performance expectations, increased level of accountability and meet the complex needs of the patients, leading to high …
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Organizational Culture and Failure to Fail in Academic Programs of Nursing
… knowledge and clinical competency, resulting in new graduates who are not adequately prepared for professional nursing practice. Organizational culture describes a set of shared values and beliefs that determine appropriate behaviors for various situations. The organizational culture of academic …
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Transition to Practice of New Graduate Nurses in the First Year of Employment at a Rural Healthcare System
… for effective transition to practice (TTP) for new graduate nurses (NGNs). In 2021, only 20% of NGNs in the US were considered practice-ready. The use of Nurse Residency Programs (NRP) was highlighted as the best approach for improving competencies and practice readiness. However, the assessment …
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Exploring the development of the effective communication graduate attribute in the clinical technology programme at the Durban University of Technology: student, graduate, and educator perceptions and experiences
… and experiences of final-year students, new graduates, and academic and clinical educators in the CT programme at the Durban University of Technology. This study drew on Engeström's Activity Theory (AT). Since clinical training is situated and contextualised, it is susceptible to various …
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Barriers to Expansion of Supervision Networks At Genetic Counseling Training Programs
<p>Job openings outpace new graduates due to exponential growth in genetic counseling, leading to a workforce shortage. Expanding training slots to meet this demand presumably is linked to the number of supervisors. Thus, there is a need to systematically review barriers to supervision. This study …
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Becoming an RN : a hermeneutic phenomenology study of the socialization of graduate RNs
… care facilities to hire a greater percentage of new graduate registered nurses (GRNs). It has been estimated that in acute care 42% of newly hired Registered Nurses (RNs) are likely to be new graduates; and turnover rates for these new hires can range between 35 and 60 percent. A high turnover …
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Adulting Children: A Television Series On Growing Up, Getting Out, and Coming Right Back
… fulfilling, an increasing number of undergraduates are moving back into their childhood bedrooms post-college. In an analysis presented by The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, it was discovered that forty-one percent of new graduates aged twenty-two to twenty-seven are working in fields …
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A study of the experiences of new graduate occupational therapists employed in rural practice in Aotearoa, New Zealand
… study focused on "What are the experiences of new graduate occupational therapists working in rural practice in Aotearoa, New Zealand?" The research question was chosen to begin to address the lack of specific information regarding current experiences of new graduate occupational therapists …
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A case study of multidisciplinary design optimization implementation process management
… reasons for this, including the lack of educated new graduates of these topics. From an organizational and management perspective, there is often a lack of understanding on what is involved in an MDO implementation, which is a further deterrent. In complex designs, different systems from a …
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An analysis of physiotherapy classroom-based teaching and hospital practical skills in Zambia
… science professionals are in agreement that new graduates in health sciences possess a body of knowledge in their respective field of study. However, the employers' agreement is below 50% in relation to the graduates' capacity for applying theory to practice in unfamiliar situations, being …
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Transforming the Journey for Newly Licensed Registered Nurses: A Community Based Transition-to-Practice Program in Ambulatory Care Settings
… <p> In response to the job shortage for newly licensed registered nurses (RNs), transition to practice and residency programs have been established in many areas of the country including the San Francisco Bay Area. The programs were designed as demonstration projects to assist new …
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Reactions and Learning as Predictors of Job Performance in a United States Air Force Technical Training Program
… Level 3 data was collected from supervisors of new graduates using a 5-point Likert scale survey. The study was conducted on an existing database of Air Force technical training graduates. The subjects were trainees that graduated since the process of collecting and storing Levels 1 and 2 data …
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The graduate-mentor project in visual arts education: Mentoring within the Western Australian curriculum framework: A study of the impact of mentoring on beginning-teachers' perception of their success in visual literacy education during the first year
Western Australian tertiary graduates who enter the visual arts education profession are often well acquainted with the theoretical underpinnings of the Western Australian Curriculum Framework. This knowledge base, in combination with their own visual arts training, typically enables them to enter …
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