Abstract
New nurse retention and nurse satisfaction are two significant areas of concern for healthcare organizations. The financial burden that results from decreased retention and increased turnover rates can create severe distress for the hiring facility. Organizations struggle to retain new graduate nurses beyond the first year of practice. The transition to practice for many new nurses is often complex, challenging, and stressful. New nurses need multiple interventions to provide physical, spiritual, and moral support to adapt to their new role. Many hospitals have implemented new nurse orientation, educational opportunities, and preceptor programs. However, there is still room for improvement. This benchmark study utilized a review of the literature to investigate the use of mentoring as a possible intervention to increase new nurse retention and decrease turnover rates while improving staff engagement. The use of mentors as part of the onboarding process of new nurses will provide new nurses with peer support, educational opportunities, staff engagement, and character development. Organizations struggling with new nurse retention need to consider the contributing factors and facilitate an intervention that supports new nurses' professional, educational, and personal growth.
Date of publication
Fall 12-8-2021
Document Type
MSN Capstone Project
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/3833
Degree
Masters of Science in Nursing- Administration
Recommended Citation
Hartnauer, Maria J.V, "Mentoring New Nurses to Increase Retention: A Benchmark Study" (2021). MSN Capstone Projects. Paper 169.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/3833