Effects of an Innovative Training Program for New Graduate Registered Nurses: A Comparison Study

Fengqin Xu, Liang Ma, Yinhe Wang, Jiang Yu, Dandan Li, Guohui Zhou, Yuzi Xu, Hailin Zhang and Yang Cao

SAGE Open, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 2158244020988542

Abstract: New graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) face a great challenge during the transition from school to clinical practice. We conducted a quasi-randomized controlled study to evaluate the effects of a new training mode for newly recruited NGRNs in a Chinese teaching hospital. A total of 150 NGRNs were recruited from a teaching hospital and assigned into two groups. The conventional training and a new training program were taken for the control group and the research group, respectively. At the end of the training, the two groups were evaluated and compared for theoretical knowledge and operation skills using a mutual-evaluation examination and the Chinese Registered Nurse Core Competency Scale. The scores of theoretical knowledge (88.4 vs. 81.7, p

Keywords: new graduate registered nurse; nursing education; quasi-randomized controlled trial; core competency; comparative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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