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Nurse Residencies: Norm or Exception?

Minority Nurse

Meanwhile, their less fortunate new grad colleagues take positions where they may be subject to extremely poor (or veritably nonexistent) precepting and essentially set up to sink or swim. Improved retention translates to a more experienced and skilled nursing workforce, positively impacting patient safety through better continuity of care.”

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Don’t Call Us Heroes: Nursing Is a Calling — and a Profession

Relias

Strategies include: Financial compensation for mentoring or precepting new nurses. Mandated patient-to-staff ratios. Tellingly, Scrubsmag.com reported that hospitals that have invested in burnout reduction programs spend 36% less on recruitment. Equitable workloads. Educational opportunities with reimbursement. Final thoughts.