›› 2011, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 727-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2011.06.010

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Development of post-baccalaureate nurse residency program in the United States

HU Yun   

  1. School of Nursing, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2011-06-28 Published:2011-06-27

Abstract:

As a successful way to culture post-baccalaureate nurses, nurse residency program is treated as an important method to attract new graduate nurses, enhance the nurse job satisfaction, reduce the turnover of nurses and resolve the shortage of nurses. In this article, the general development of nurse residency program in the United States is outlined to provide some considerations for the post-baccalaureate nurse training in China.

Key words: post-baccalaureate, nurse residency program, the United States