Early Graduate Nurse Program Guidelines 2009

To provide guidance to health services about the structure and content of Early Graduate Nurse Programs the following seven principles have been identified from the current literature, consultation with industry and review of current practice. Together the seven principles provide a non-prescriptive framework of the key conditions and criteria that influence the capacity of new graduate to function safely and efficiently and to continue to develop professionally. The approach considers the needs and resources of a broad range of health services providing programs. Also provided are examples of program content that best reflects the underpinning principle and might be included in a best practice Early Graduate Program.