Readiness to Practice in Health Care: An Empirical Definition Based on a Content Analysis of the Literature.

Background: Health care services require practitioners to be ready to practice (R2P), but evidence shows new graduates vary in R2P. Unfortunately, there is a lack of clarity about what R2P entails.

Method: A content analysis of the empirical literature (Gaur & Kumar, 2018) was used to quantify the elements and higher-order categories of R2P.