The Implementation of the UHC/AACN New Graduate Nurse Residency Program in a Community Hospital

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Maxwell, Karen L ^a  

^a Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

Internship and residency; New graduate nurse; Nursing internship; Residency; University health consortium

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 79951548530     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.10.013     Document Type: Review

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