Phase I Findings

INTRODUCTION

In 2006, the Foundation for Nursing Excellence, created by the North Carolina Board of Nursing, received a two-year grant from BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation to support a study that focuses on the role of transition programs in the development of the new graduate nurses. The Research Department at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) conducted the analysis for the Foundation for Nursing Excellent on this project. The goals of the study are to examine the perceived progression of competence and confidence development of new nurses in three different types of orientation programs conducted in North Carolina hospitals, and to identify preceptor characteristics that impacted new nurse competence and confidence development.