Because of our immense success with the transition of new graduates to practice using the original structure and framework of the RN Residency, Versant has begun to explore and pilot the service offering of transition of experienced RN’s within an organization to new clinical practice areas. Versant is working to support two client organizations to identify transition areas and plan for implementation of the first cohorts of transition residents in the late summer of 2011.
This service offering will be informed by and enhanced as the evidence base for this transition begins to grow. Versant is also committed to supporting the recommendations in the 2010 Institute of Medicine Report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
Recommendation 3: Implement nurse residency programs. State boards of nursing, accrediting bodies, the federal government, and health care organizations should take action to support nurses’ completion of a transition-to-practice program (nurse residency) after they have completed a prelicensure or advanced practice degree program or when they are transitioning into new clinical practice areas.
