Instruments to Evaluate Nurse Residency Programs: A Review of the Literature.

J Nurses Prof Dev

Jennifer K. Stephenson, MS, BSN, RN, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Evidence-Based Practice and Research, Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Sheryl Cosme, DNP, RN-BC, is Senior Operations Manager, Accreditation Program Practice Transitions Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Published: June 2018

The purpose of this literature review was to explore evaluation instruments used by nurse residency programs to evaluate outcomes. The 15 studies found yielded 26 instruments, and all instruments were subjective, dated, and varied in how they were used. Nursing professional development practitioners should use a combination of reliable, valid, and current evaluation methods to appraise their nurse residency programs in order to demonstrate program quality and effectiveness.

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