Becoming a Critical Care Nurse: A Scoping Review of Newly Graduated Nurses’ Professional Transition to Practice
William Tessier, MSc, RN, Martin Charette, PhD, RN, Isabelle Ledoux, PhD, RN, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, PhD, RN, Xavier Giroux, MSc, MBA, RN, and Sabrina Blais, MSc, RN.
Abstract
Background and purpose
Healthcare facilities are employing various strategies to combat nursing shortages, including recruiting newly graduated nurses (NGNs), defined as registered nurses within their first two years of clinical practice following completion of their initial nursing education,