A Professional Development Programme (ProDeveloP) for Newly Graduated Nurses

Mälardalen University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Professional Fulfillment; Professional Identity Formation; Support Program; Nurse Role; Development; Professional Quality of Life

Treatments: Behavioral: Professional development programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06742047

220065

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical study aims to implement and evaluate a professional development programme (ProDeveloP) designed to facilitate the transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) into their new roles. NGNs face several challenges in the work environment and in developing their professional competencies. The aim is to support NGNs in a county hospital in central Sweden to facilitate their professional development. Data will be collected during the NGNs' first year through intensive longitudinal measures, including weekly and quarterly questionnaires. This will be combined with individual interviews and focus groups with NGNs, dialogue facilitators and managers.

Full description

The primary outcomes will be role clarity, task mastery, social acceptance, recovery and stress. The researchers will compare the results of the primary outcomes with those of a control group measure. Secondary outcomes will be experience of the intervention, transition support, job satisfaction and intention to leave.

Informed consent was signed prior to participation in the study. The ethical application has been approved by the Ethics Authority IS, diary number 2022-05682-0.

Enrollment: 108 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Registered nurses in Sweden employed as Newly Graduated Nurses (NGNs) in a county in central Sweden participating in the ProDeveloP, the intervention group.
• Registered nurses in Sweden employed as Newly Graduated Nurses (NGNs) in a county in central Sweden, NGNs participating in the introduction programme prior to the study, not participating in the ProDeveloP, the control group.
• Experienced registered nurses as facilitators for the dialogue groups for the NGNs in the intervention.
• Managers at the county hospital for the NGNs participating in the intervention.

Exclusion criteria

• Managers without NGNs participated in the intervention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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108 participants in 2 patient groups

Participating in the Professional development program (ProDeveloP)

Experimental group

Description:

The group received the intervention of the Professional Development Programme (ProDeveloP). The planning of the ProDeveloP has been done in close collaboration with stakeholders within the hospital setting where the programme will be implemented. The programme includes face-to-face approaches from peer learning and e-learning modalities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Professional development programme

Control group prior the intervention in 2022

No Intervention group

Description:

The group did not receive the intervention