Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses
Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN)
Transition to Employment and Professional Practice Guidelines
Background:
RIBN is a partnership between community or private colleges and universities that utilizes a dual enrollment and four-year shared curriculum pathway for students to achieve a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) at the beginning of their nursing careers. While a successful Transition to Employment and Professional Practice program has similar expectations and outcomes for all new graduate RNs, the RIBN student/new graduate RN requires an alteration in timeline and scheduling to meet the outlined orientation goals for completion. The purpose of this document is to describe the joint partnership by the RIBN student, academic institution, and the employer to create an environment in which the RIBN student/new graduate RN is ready to assume clinical leadership at the point of patient care.