Perri Morgan, Hilary Barnes, Heather R Batchelder, Brandi Tuttle, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Christine Everett, George L Jackson, Lorraine Anglin, Nathalie Ortiz Pate, Patricia Dieter, Janelle Bludorn
BACKGROUND: Newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) benefit from transition-to-practice (TTP) support to move successfully into practice. Transition-to-practice programs (i.e., onboarding programs and fellowships/residencies) hold promise for improving workforce outcomes. PURPOSE: The purpose of this scoping review was to describe the literature regarding NP/PA TTP programs. METHODOLOGY: Using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, a specific approach for systematically conducting reviews, publications from January 1990 to May 2022 were included for review if they addressed fellowships/residencies or onboarding programs for NPs or PAs...
December 1, 2023: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners