Outcomes of a Simulation-Based Nurse Residency Program
Abstract
Background
This novel nurse residency program extensively used human patient simulation to assist recent nurse graduates in becoming safe and competent clinicians.
Method
Novice nurses practiced clinical skills and developed competencies using scenario-based simulations specifically designed to replicate urgent clinical situations.
Results
The use of human patient simulators and simulated scenarios rapidly increased the competencies of the nurse residents and their confidence and self-assessed readiness to provide care to patients, as well as decreasing length of orientation and rate of turnover.
Conclusion
Nurse residency programs integrating simulation offer a consistent, replicable orientation process and support the ability to evaluate competency development, provide standardized experiences and evaluation, and detect and remediate learning needs.
Keywords: human patient simulation, recent graduate nurse, recruitment and retention, nurse residency program, competency measurement
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Cite this article: Beyea, S. C., Slattery, M. J., & von Reyn, L. J. (2010, September). Outcomes of a simulation-based nurse residency program. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 6(5), e169-e175. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.005
PII: S1876-1399(10)00006-X
doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2010.01.005
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