Newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) face challenges in adapting to their first jobs. Because of this, some organizations are instituting formal NP and PA onboarding programs, which have been associated with increased engagement of NPs/PAs, decreased turnover, and higher clinical productivity. This policy brief examines which components of NP and PA…
Positive transition to practice experiences for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are important for reducing turnover and maintaining continuity of care for patients. Onboarding programs are an important element of transition to practice experiences, but little is known about what specifically makes certain onboarding programs successful and why. This brief describes a study…
With increasing growth of physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner (NP) workforces, organizations that want to establish a successful transition to practice for PAs and NPs should consider implementing onboarding programs. However, most new-graduate primary care PAs and NPs have specific transition-to-practice needs, and understanding these needs is important for proper implementation of organizations’ onboarding…
With increasing growth of physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner (NP) workforces, organizations that want to establish a successful transition to practice for PAs and NPs should consider implementing onboarding programs. However, most new-graduate primary care PAs and NPs have specific transition-to-practice needs, and understanding these needs is important for proper implementation of organizations’ onboarding…
Newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) face challenges in adapting to their first jobs. Because of this, some organizations are instituting formal NP and PA onboarding programs, which have been associated with increased engagement of NPs/PAs, decreased turnover, and higher clinical productivity. This policy brief examines which components of NP and PA…
Positive transition to practice experiences for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are important for reducing turnover and maintaining continuity of care for patients. Onboarding programs are an important element of transition to practice experiences, but little is known about what specifically makes certain onboarding programs successful and why. This brief describes a study…
