Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The transition from student to newly graduated nurse (NGN) can be a period filled with significant stress and uncertainty as NGNs are required to develop and refine practical skills, learn to work with interdisciplinary team members, and adjust to their new professional identity. Clinical externships provide students an opportunity to work alongside nurses as unregulated healthcare… more Full Text: USING INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION TO EXPLORE HOW PARTICIPATION IN A CLINICAL EXTERNSHIP INFLUENCES THE TRANSITION TO PRACTICE OF NEWLY GRADUATE NURSES A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the …