Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 203-211 , May 2010

Orientation to Emergency Nursing: Perceptions of New Graduate Nurses

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 This study was partially supported by an Incumbent Worker Training Program grant to Crozer Keystone Health System by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

 Elizabeth W. Bayley, PhD, RN, received a consultation fee from Crozer Keystone Health System for her work in developing the evaluation study on which this manuscript is based. Jan Rhoads, MSN, RN, CEN, and Krista Burnell, BSN, RN, were employees of Crozer Keystone Health System during the implementation and evaluation of the orientation program described in the article.

PII: S0099-1767(09)00313-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.07.006

Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 203-211 , May 2010

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