BMC Med Educ. 2013 Aug 14;13:108. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-108.
New graduates report intense stress during the transition from school to their first work settings. Managing this transition is important to reduce turnover rates. This study compared the effects of an externship program and a corporate-academic cooperation program on enhancing junior college students' nursing competence and retention rates in the first 3 months and 1 year of initial employment.
This two-phase study adopted a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design. All participants were graduating students drawn from a 5-year junior nursing college in Taiwan. There were 19 and 24 students who participated in the phase I externship program and phase II corporate-academic cooperation program, respectively. The nursing competence of the students had to be evaluated by mentors within 48 hours of practicum training and after practicum training. The retention rate was also surveyed at 3 months and 1 year after beginning employment.
Students who participated in the corporate-academic cooperation program achieved a statistically significant improvement in nursing competence and retention rates relative to those who participated in the externship program (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively).
The corporate-academic cooperation program facilitates the transition of junior college nursing students into independent staff nurses, enhances their nursing competence, and boosts retention rates.
新毕业生在从学校过渡到第一份工作环境时报告承受着巨大的压力。管理这种过渡对于降低离职率很重要。本研究比较了实习计划和企业-学术合作计划对提高大专护理学生在最初就业的头 3 个月和 1 年的护理能力和保留率的影响。
这是一项两阶段的研究，采用了前测和后测准实验设计。所有参与者均来自台湾的一所 5 年制大专护理学院的应届毕业生。分别有 19 名和 24 名学生参加了第一阶段的实习计划和第二阶段的企业-学术合作计划。学生的护理能力必须在实习培训后的 48 小时内和实习培训后由导师进行评估。在开始工作后的 3 个月和 1 年后，还调查了保留率。
与参加实习计划的学生相比，参加企业-学术合作计划的学生在护理能力和保留率方面均有显著提高（分别为 p < 0.01 和 p < 0.05）。
企业-学术合作计划有助于大专护理学生顺利过渡到独立的员工护士，提高他们的护理能力，并提高保留率。
