Larsen Rachelle, Ashley Julia, Ellens Tess, Frauendienst Renee, Jorgensen-Royce Karen, Zelenak Mary
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Minnesota Department of Health Center for Public Health Practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Public Health Nurs. 2018 Nov;35(6):606-612. doi: 10.1111/phn.12528. Epub 2018 Jun 27.
Due to the continued shortage of public health nurses, some local public health agencies have begun hiring new graduate baccalaureate nurses into the public health nurse role. These new graduates require an increased level of support for transition to practice.
The goal of this project was creation of a transition to practice program designed specifically to meet the needs of new graduates hired in public health settings.
The core competencies of public health nursing were used as a framework to develop this residency program. A group of public health staff, supervisors, and faculty met monthly for three years to develop this program. Key features include general orientation, preceptors, looping experiences, case studies and peer support.
The program is available as a web resource beginning spring 2018. In order to evaluate this program, data on job satisfaction, employee retention and level of competence in the core competencies of public health will occur using instruments administered prior to beginning and immediately following completion of the new graduate residency.
The components of the program mirror best practices for new graduate residencies and are based on core competencies for public health nursing. This residency program is an important step for enhancing the professional development of new baccalaureate graduates in public health settings, and preparing the next generation of public health nurses.
Through the increased support and intentional education of the residency program, public health agencies will be able to attract and retain new graduates who develop the essential knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective care in the public health setting.
由于公共卫生护士持续短缺，一些地方公共卫生机构已开始聘请新毕业的本科护士担任公共卫生护士岗位。这些新毕业生在向实践过渡过程中需要更多支持。
本项目的目标是创建一个专门满足公共卫生机构新聘毕业生需求的实践过渡项目。
以公共卫生护理的核心能力为框架来开发该住院医师培训项目。一组公共卫生工作人员、主管和教员连续三年每月开会以开发该项目。关键特征包括总体入职培训、带教老师、循环体验、案例研究和同伴支持。
该项目自2018年春季起作为网络资源提供。为了评估该项目，将使用在新毕业生住院医师培训开始前和结束后立即发放的工具收集关于工作满意度、员工留任率以及公共卫生核心能力水平的数据。
该项目的组成部分反映了新毕业生住院医师培训的最佳实践，并且基于公共卫生护理的核心能力。这个住院医师培训项目是加强公共卫生环境中新毕业本科毕业生专业发展以及培养下一代公共卫生护士的重要一步。
通过住院医师培训项目提供更多支持和有针对性的教育，公共卫生机构将能够吸引和留住新毕业生，这些毕业生将培养出在公共卫生环境中提供安全有效护理所需的基本知识和技能。
