Abstract

The rate of nurses entering the workforce increased significantly in the last decade (Auerbach et al., 2015), newly qualified nurses (NQNs) are leaving the profession at alarming rates; nearly twenty percent within their first year, according to findings by Kovner et al. (2014)”(Aldosari, et al., 2021, p. 2).  Nurses are leaving for a variety of reasons from lack of support, difficult transition from student life to professional life, emotional stress, “reality shock” (Aldosari, et al., 2021), and more. Nurse residency programs began be recommended and endorsed by JCHO starting in 2001(Healy et al., 2022, p. 233). Nurse residency program construction and evidence base research related to these programs proves that a new graduates enrollment and completion of a new graduate residency program supports a smoother transition and retention of the new graduate nurse to the professional practice setting. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA, the Transition to Nursing Practice Program (TTP), a Vizient© Curriculum, is used as the standardized 12-month nurse residency program.  The professional development department noted a trend in absences by new graduate nurses with their attendance to the monthly TTP seminars. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers the new graduate nurse may have with attending their TTP session, how to improve attendance, and implications for nursing management.