Becker's Healthcare February 8, 2025
Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver is expanding its nurse group mentoring program after it helped raise the retention rate of new nurses to 97%.
The program began in 2023 after the pandemic shifted the workforce at the hospital, which is part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health. By 2022, up to 80% of nurses had less than two years of experience. The change made it difficult to do one-on-one mentoring, so the system pivoted to a group model.
“The program is based on the transition shock model, and our nursing professional development practitioners initially served as mentors,” Lillian Donnelly, MSN, RN, program manager of nursing professional development for the hospital. “These practitioners already had the professional qualifications, communication skills...
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