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PechaKucha Presentation
Abstract
Graduate nurses are valuable to an organization because they bring a fresh outlook, enthusiasm, and dedication to providing excellent patient care. It marks a new beginning in their professional development. However, along with these new beginnings, they also face feelings of inadequacy, uncertainty, and workload pressure during the transition from student nurse to registered professional nurse (Asseiri et al., 2025). Transitioning into the workplace presents a variety of stressors for new graduate nurses, who experience both psychological well-being and distress during their first year of practice (Jarde, et al., 2021). Starting a new career can be the best of times, full of thrill and excitement, or the worst of times, filled with anxiety about being new.
New Beginnings, a well-being program, was created for newly graduated nurses. Every new graduate nurse deserves tools and resources to support their personal well-being and success in their new role. The two-hour in-person program focuses on stress versus stressors, how to break the stress cycle, and prevent burnout. Additionally, the program is interactive because each new graduate nurse receives a well-being toolkit. The primary purpose of the toolkit is to help them continue applying what they learn after the program, as that’s where it really matters once they are in the clinical environment. The goal for new graduate nurses is to feel empowered in their well-being.
A survey was conducted three to four months after the program to assess whether the new graduates were maintaining their well-being. New graduate nurses responded: N = 125, with 80.65% strongly agreed to greed that they felt empowered to focus on their personal well-being. Additionally, 78.40% strongly agreed to agreed that they had the necessary tools and resources to actively engage in their personal well-being.
As an organization, we have a responsibility to support new graduate nurses so they can succeed and continue to thrive.
Notes
Presenter notes available in attached slide deck.
Reference list included in attached slide deck.
Sigma Membership
Gamma Phi
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Transitional programs (Education), Nursing Practice, Well-Being, Psychological Well-Being
Recommended Citation
Rumoro, Adriana, "New Beginnings: A Well-being Program for the New Graduate Nurse" (2026). Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE). 35.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2026/presentations_2026/35
Conference Name
Creating Healthy Work Environments
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2026
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2026-04-27
New Beginnings: A Well-being Program for the New Graduate Nurse
Washington, DC, USA
Graduate nurses are valuable to an organization because they bring a fresh outlook, enthusiasm, and dedication to providing excellent patient care. It marks a new beginning in their professional development. However, along with these new beginnings, they also face feelings of inadequacy, uncertainty, and workload pressure during the transition from student nurse to registered professional nurse (Asseiri et al., 2025). Transitioning into the workplace presents a variety of stressors for new graduate nurses, who experience both psychological well-being and distress during their first year of practice (Jarde, et al., 2021). Starting a new career can be the best of times, full of thrill and excitement, or the worst of times, filled with anxiety about being new.
New Beginnings, a well-being program, was created for newly graduated nurses. Every new graduate nurse deserves tools and resources to support their personal well-being and success in their new role. The two-hour in-person program focuses on stress versus stressors, how to break the stress cycle, and prevent burnout. Additionally, the program is interactive because each new graduate nurse receives a well-being toolkit. The primary purpose of the toolkit is to help them continue applying what they learn after the program, as that’s where it really matters once they are in the clinical environment. The goal for new graduate nurses is to feel empowered in their well-being.
A survey was conducted three to four months after the program to assess whether the new graduates were maintaining their well-being. New graduate nurses responded: N = 125, with 80.65% strongly agreed to greed that they felt empowered to focus on their personal well-being. Additionally, 78.40% strongly agreed to agreed that they had the necessary tools and resources to actively engage in their personal well-being.
As an organization, we have a responsibility to support new graduate nurses so they can succeed and continue to thrive.
Description
Graduate nurses bring enthusiasm, new ideas, and dedication to patient care, but they also encounter challenges like self-doubt, stress, and workload pressure when transitioning into professional practice. To support them, the New Beginnings well-being program was created. The program helps new nurses understand stress, avoid burnout, and includes a well-being toolkit to strengthen learning beyond the program.