Improving Pediatric Float Pool New Graduate Nurse Retention: A Quality Improvement Project
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Martin, Molly
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2024-05-09
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Retention , New Graduate Nurse , Mentorship
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A current crisis facing the American healthcare system is the steadily increasing rates of nurse burnout and, therefore, consequently poor retention rates. In 2021, the national nurse turnover rate average increased by 8.4%. Research has shown that new graduate nurses have the highest turnover rate among all the various populations of nurses (Brewer et. al, 2012). The nursing profession is emotionally, mentally, and physically demanding which leads to increased amounts of stress and burnout (ANA, 2023). In particular, without proper support and guidance new graduate nurses (NGN) experience self-doubt, isolation, and reduced confidence. To combat new graduate nurse turnover hospitals must increase employee engagement, create opportunities for positive workplace relationships, and empower new graduate nurses (Jarden et al., 2021). The purpose of this project is to design and implement a mentorship program for a pediatric float pool unit to increase new graduate nurse job satisfaction and retention rates. Thirty-one NGNs participated in the mentoring program over the three-month implementation period with eleven of them completing the pre and post surveying. The results demonstrated that NGNs had decreased stress and burnout and increased support, role satisfaction, and organizational commitment. In addition, the NGNs to a statistically significant degree experienced an improvement in role confidence, management of patient care, resilience, and improved skills. Overall, the results of this quality improvement project identified that the implementation of peer mentoring can result in an improvement in job satisfaction and nurse retention within the pediatric new graduate nurse population.
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Creighton University
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