McKnight’s Senior Living September 28, 2022
Nurse residency programs, which are popular among nurses, could alleviate turnover among long-term services and support services nurses, according to a research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMassBoston.
“Many nursing students will not accept a job in an acute-care setting unless that setting offers a nurse residency program,” Robyn I. Stone, DrPH, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge, and co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, wrote in a blog post in conjunction with the report. “This national trend convinced [my friend and colleague Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN] that the LTSS field needs its own residency program, specifically designed for nurses who care for older adults.”
Stone co-authored the report with Natasha Bryant, senior director of Workforce...
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