A Community of Collaboration: Improving Retention through Implementation of a Nurse Externship
A Community of Collaboration: Improving Retention through Implementation of a Nurse Externship
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Title: A Community of Collaboration: Improving Retention through Implementation of a Nurse Externship
Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Discipline: Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI)
Learning Objectives:
Submission Description:
Baylor All Saints Andrews Women’s Hospital, in collaboration with Texas Christian University, initiated a nurse extern pilot program entitled “Care of the Neonate”. While graduate nurses remain a primary resource pool for filling nurse vacancies, turnover rates for first year nurses are the highest among all nursing professionals. Literature suggests that implementation of an externship has the potential to improve retention rates by easing the transition of the new nurse into professional practice.