The Challenges facing Nurses as they Transitioned to the Role of the Registered Nurse

A host of challenges for new graduate nurses

A host of challenges await new graduates as they make the transition to the trade. As a result, it is important for healthcare providers to consider how the developments that are occurring are affecting new graduate nurses. Any of the difficulties that nurses face during a transition time include an increase in the number of patients with various comorbidities and complex conditions (Hofler & Thomas, 2016). Other challenges include the presence of generational disparity in the workplace and success anxiety. These difficulties also exist concurrently in the majority of situations. Also, it is not a secret that new nurses feel fatigued and stress during the transition period. They are required to manage patients and relationships with families besides, leading the interpersonal team. If these new nurses are not provided with the supportive relationships from the senior RNs, they often feel overwhelmed and also exhausted thus leading to anxiety which contribute to attrition. The industry is seeing most of the experienced nurses who could have helped the new nurses depart the industry as a result of increased workloads, lack of the upward mobility and retirements (Hofler & Thomas, 2016). Therefore, medical organizations are not able to leverage seasoned staff members as mentors to the direct new graduates. Hence, nurses face shortage of mentors.<\/p>

Workplace bullying as a challenge for new nurses

Workplace bullying is an issue described as pervasive and it obstructs appropriate socialization of the new nurses. In most cases, the experienced nurses bully others in order to maintain control of their workplace. It is this unprofessional behavior which demotivate the new nurses hence keeping them a challenge to integrate into the new work environment. It is the responsibility of the healthcare organization to address the problem of workplace bullying which has been a challenge to a number of new registered nurses (Hofler & Thomas, 2016). In conclusion, it is the responsibility of the healthcare organizations to address these challenges so that the performance of these new registered nurses is not affected.<\/p>

References

Hofler, L., & Thomas, K. (2016). Transition of New Graduate Nurses to the Workforce. Ncmedical Journal, 133-136.