204: Rapid Fire Session - Transition to Practice

204A Investing in New Graduate Nurses: The New Graduate Nurse Resource Guide
With an increase in the number of new graduate nurses coming to the unit along with the differing levels of skill availability, there was a need identified to produce a resource guide to assist in skill and documentation development. The “New Graduate Nurse Resource Guide” is a succinct, unit-based, population-specific resource guide for new graduate nurses to utilize during their orientation period and into the first year of practice, with the goal of increasing their knowledge and comfortability as they are supported in their learning and professional growth as nurses.

204B Nurse Residency Program: A Journey to Accreditation
Using the Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) accreditation standards, ANCC guidelines for nurse residency programs, and evidence based research, it was determined that a formalized program was necessary to transition new grads into the workforce and to address onboarding and retention of new nurses. Using the new Graduate Nurse Residency Transition into Practice Program, retention rates have increased, and turnover rates have decreased.

Recording expiration date: 09/14/2026

80% of participants who complete the evaluation will indicate that as a result of viewing this session, they have gained new knowledge or validated their current medical-surgical practice.

Criteria for successful completion:

• View the entire recorded session
• Complete the evaluation

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• There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those with the ability to control the content of this activity.

The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses expresses appreciation to Medtronic for their support of this educational activity as premier partner and for providing a sponsored lunch session during the live event on Friday, September 13, 2024.

Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.