Improving Nurse Retention with a New Employee Mentoring Training Program
Abstract
An ineffective nurse orientation process has been linked to higher-than-average nursing turnover within the first six months of hire. This quasi-experimental study aimed to establish whether an evidence-based mentoring training program used at a group home for adults with intellectual disabilities fosters nurses' intent to stay and job satisfaction and improves retention past six months. The sample included five new nurses at a group home for adults with intellectual disabilities in a Midwestern city. The Casey-Fink Nurse Retention Survey and the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale measured the effectiveness of the mentoring training program. The results indicated a strong retention intent and mentoring skills. The evidence-based practice intervention determined that establishing a formal mentorship program for all new nurses increases job retention and job satisfaction. Nurses must have the knowledge and skills to encompass various nursing roles and often work without the required competencies, and attrition is high for new nurses due to the lack of training and mentorship. With a mentoring training program, nurses will develop from novice to expert nurses and remain in their roles past six months.
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D.N.P.
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