Starting Out: qualitative perspectives of new graduate nurses and nurse leaders on transition to practice

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 246-255

  Regan, Sandra ^a   Wong, Carol ^a   Laschinger, Heather K ^a   Cummings, Greta ^b   Leiter, Michael ^c   MacPhee, Maura ^d   Rhéaume, Ann ^e   Ritchie, Judith A ^f   Wolff, Angela C ^g   Jeffs, Lianne ^h   Young Ritchie, Carol ⁱ   Grinspun, Doris ^j   Gurnham, Mary Ellen ^k   Foster, Barbara ^l   Huckstep, Sherri ^m   Ruffolo, Maurio ⁿ   Shamian, Judith ^o   Burkoski, Vanessa ^p   Wood, Kevin ^a   Read, Emily ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^j Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario   (Canada)

^k NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^l HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^m North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network   (Canada)

ⁿ Providence Continuing Care Centre   (Canada)

^o INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES   (Switzerland)

^p HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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Author keywords

new graduate nurses; nurse leaders; transition to practice

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MENTOR; NURSE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD; CANADA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

CANADA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014250327     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12456     Document Type: Article

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