New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Home Healthcare

Abstract

This article is a review of relevant literature exploring the factors that contribute to new graduate nurses' transition to home healthcare nursing. The results revealed themes that include introducing the nurse to home healthcare nursing, knowledge and confidence, and developing the professional role. The review findings suggest that home healthcare leaders should consider recruiting new graduate nurses to home healthcare nursing and provide a structured orientation program in a supportive and welcoming work environment.

I-Kiribati nursing graduates experience of transition from university to residential aged care facilities in Australia

“…The graduate transition into RACF has received less exploration, however transitional difficulties are noted to be similar with the added concerns of less senior staff to assist with support and supervision (Baldwin, 2013;Foley, 2013). RNs in RACFs are faced with challenges related to workload, organisational and supervisory responsibilities that are different to acute hospital care setting (Heath, 2010).…”

Residency Programs for Home Health and Hospice Nurses

“…4,5 In addition, because nurses in home health care operate independently and autonomously, the literature suggests that robust training that promotes critical thinking is especially important. 6 Orientations for nurses entering home health care, while generally successful, have increasingly been viewed as inadequate, especially for those who are transitioning from work in large hospitals. 7,8 Indeed, home health and hospice nurses themselves corroborate the need for home health care-specific education.…”

Impact of a Nurse Residency Program on Transition to Specialty Practice

“…Many specialties such as home care, pediatrics, neonatal care, intensive care, psychiatric, oncology, operating, and labor/delivery rooms have offered coursework and clinical preceptorships for transition into the domain of practice (Delfino, Williams, Wegener, & Homel, 2014;Dracup, 2007;Foley, 2013;Hall & Marshall, 2006;Welding, 2011). Regretably, acute care educators often call these programs by the title of orientation and the title is misleading.…”

“…There is less documentation quantifying the need for specialty care transition programs, but many specialties have consistently offered coursework and clinical preceptorships for transition into the specialty's domain of practice (Dracup, 2007;Hall & Marshall, 2006;Welding, 2011). Specialties that include significantly unique practice functions such as home care, intensive care, psychiatric, oncology, operating, and delivery rooms have demonstrated the impact and benefits of providing a specialty nurse residency or internship (Foley, 2013;Zinn, Guglielmi, Davis, & Moses, 2012).…”