"Practice readiness of new graduate nurses and factors influencing prac" by Malcolm Masso, Jenny Sim et al.
Background: For many years there has been concern that new graduate nurses may not have been adequately prepared for the workplace, often framed in terms of whether they are work ready or practice ready and able to deal with the ‘reality shock’ of transitioning from student to clinician. This has prompted significant research to investigate the practice readiness of new graduate nurses. Objectives: Identify what is known about the practice readiness of new graduate nurses upon commencement of employment, how practice readiness changes over their first year of employment and explore the fac...
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