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SAGE OPEN
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2158244020988542
Keywords
new graduate registered nurse; nursing education; quasi-randomized controlled trial; core competency; comparative research
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- 13th Five-Year Plan of Education Science of Jiangsu Province, China [20180105-C-b]
- Research and Development Fund of Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, China [KD2019KYJJZD006]
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A quasi-randomized controlled study in a Chinese teaching hospital evaluated the effects of a new training mode for 150 newly recruited New Graduate Registered Nurses (NGRNs). Results showed that the research group had significantly higher scores in theoretical knowledge, operation skills, and core competencies compared to the control group. Additionally, the research group scored higher in education and consultation, clinical nursing, interpersonal relationship, and critical thinking and scientific research compared to the control group.
New graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) face a great challenge during the transition from school to clinical practice. We conducted a quasi-randomized controlled study to evaluate the effects of a new training mode for newly recruited NGRNs in a Chinese teaching hospital. A total of 150 NGRNs were recruited from a teaching hospital and assigned into two groups. The conventional training and a new training program were taken for the control group and the research group, respectively. At the end of the training, the two groups were evaluated and compared for theoretical knowledge and operation skills using a mutual-evaluation examination and the Chinese Registered Nurse Core Competency Scale. The scores of theoretical knowledge (88.4 vs. 81.7, p < .001) and operation skills (94.8 vs. 90.3, p < .001), and the total core competencies score (156.2 vs. 148.8, p < .05) in the research group were statistically significantly higher than those in the control group. Compared with the control group, the research group also had statistically significantly higher scores in education and consultation (2.47 vs. 2.40), clinical nursing (2.87 vs. 2.62), interpersonal relationship (2.56 vs. 2.43), and critical thinking and scientific research (2.78 vs. 2.61). The innovative pre-job training program for NGRNs conducted in Chinese clinical nursing skill training bases might significantly improve the training effects and is worthy of broader implementation.
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