%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness of a Psychiatric¨CMental Health Nurse Residency Program on Retention
%A Chandra Vincent
%A Cheryl Odell
%A Jaynelle F. Stichler
%A Loralie Woods
%A Luc R. Pelletier
%J Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
%@ 1532-5725
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1078390318807968
%X BACKGROUND: Nurse residency programs (NRPs) provide new graduate nurses (NGNs) with social support and experiential activities as a formal transition to clinical practice. AIMS: The study was conducted to answer the question: What is the effectiveness of an NRP in retaining NGNs in a psychiatric¨Cmental health setting? METHOD: This study used a quantitative time-sequenced comparative study of multiple cohorts of NGNs hired into an NRP at a freestanding hospital in California. RESULTS: The study yielded a turnover rate of 11.7% in Year 1 (88.3% retention) and 2.9% in Year 2 (97.1% retention rate), which are lower than reported turnover rates (17.5% and 33.5%, respectively). Significant correlations are described in the workplace domains of knowledge and skills, social support, organizational citizenship behavior, civility, coping self-efficacy, organizational and occupational commitment, person¨Corganizational fit, and burnout. CONCLUSIONS: NRPs are effective in attracting and retaining competent, confident NGNs in psychiatric¨Cmental health nursing
%K inpatient psychiatry
%K administration and management
%K program evaluation
%K professional issues
%K psychiatric nursing practice
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1078390318807968