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Volume 7
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Nursing Global 2018
March 01-03, 2018
March 01-03, 2018 | London, UK
47
th
Global Nursing & Healthcare Conference
Competence requirements of newly licensed nurses as reported by hiring nurse managers
Delos Jones
1
, Ellen Kurtzman
2
, Susan Watson
3
and
Judity Midge Elkins
1
1
Roseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, USA
2
The George Washington University, Washington DC,USA
3
Roseman University of Health Sciences, South Jordan, USA
I
n 2016, 1,63,087 new Registered Nurses (RNs) were licensed in the United States. Of these, over a quarter will leave their
first position in less than a year. While 90% of academic leaders feel newly graduated nurses are ready for practice, only
10% of clinical leaders agree. Recent changes in health care, and an intensifying theory-practice gap hint that newly licensed
nurses (NLNs) may not be equipped for today’s workplace. This qualitative study asked “What do hiring nurse managers and
hospital educators perceive as required competencies of NLNs to ensure successful and safe orientation?” Semi-structured
interviews were conducted with hiring nurse managers and hospital based nurse educators responsible for orienting NLNs.
Emergent themes from the study were “readiness to learn”, “physical assessment skills” and “empowerment”. Some desired
NLN abilities reflect a lack of understanding of the nursing school curricula by nurse managers. Understanding the knowledge,
skills and attitudes hiring nurse managers feel NLNs should posses may help academia better prepare new nurses for today’s
workplace orientation and increase NLN longevity in their first nursing position. Furthermore, more focus should be placed
on empowering students without adding to feelings of entitlement, and achieving an advanced beginner level on basic nursing
skills. In addition, confidence and communication skills are critical for the NLN but seem lacking to those who hire them.
More research is needed on the types of communication expected by nurse managers and the perspective of the academician
in relation to preparation of NLNs in relation to this emergent trend.
Biography
Delos Jones received his Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Idaho State Unversity. After working on telemetry units and in cardiology, he returned to school
receiving his Master’s Degree in Nursing and Clinical Research from The George Washington University where he is currently enrolled to complete a Doctor
of Nursing Practice in Education. He has been in nursing education for the past 8 years. He currently works as the Director of Clinical Resources for Roseman
University of Helath Sciences near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Delos Jones et al., J Nurs Care 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-064