Texas hospital looks to mentoring program to increase retention
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, September 22, 2006
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Nurses who joined Midland (TX) Memorial Hospital used to have just three months of orientation before being pushed out on the high wire with only their skills and instincts for support. Now, they'll have a safety net, too.
In a mentoring program that started in late August, new nurses will now have help from an experienced nurse, no matter what time of day they are on duty. The program will seek to reinforce the preceptor training that nurses benefit from during orientation. That additional support, the hospital hopes, will help reduce the high rate of turnover that affects new nurses at Midland.
The program, which began in the critical care unit, will expand to other areas of the hospital if it is successful.
Source: Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram
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