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Download or read book Effects of a Nurse Transition Program on Retention of Graduate Nurses written by M. Megan Vasseur and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first year of employment has been identified as a period of high turnover for graduate nurses. Focus needs to be placed on strategies to improve graduate nurse retention. Graduate nurse retention impacts organizations financially and through direct patient care. The financial impacts are salary, hiring expenses, orientation expenses, and replacement costs. Direct patient care is affected through patient satisfaction, job satisfaction, and quality of care. A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive correlation study was conducted using questionnaires to determine if a nurse transition program improved graduate nurse retention during the first year of employment. Benner's Novice to Expert Model was used as the framework for the study. A convenience sample of graduate nurses from a midwestern teaching hospital with a nurse transition program was used. Chi-square test analysis was performed and determined no significant difference in retention rates. However, the data collected using the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey (2004) did show that the nurse transition program had a significant positive impact on perceived experiences of graduate nurses such as increased comfort/confidence, work relationships, skills/procedures performance, and an easier transition to the work environment. Nurse transition programs have a potential positive impact on graduate nurses' perceived experiences.