Abstract

For more than three decades, travel nurses have bridged critical experience and volume gaps in hospital staffing across the US. Trends in travel nurse use over the past decade offer no promise of a reduction over the years ahead. Travel nurses begin each 13-week assignment with an abbreviated onboarding agenda after which they are expected to reach productivity and fit in with the healthcare team to ensure seamless quality care to patients. Concerns have been raised among healthcare leaders about possible unfavorable patient outcomes related to the use of supplemental nurse staff. Nonetheless, no researchers have examined relationships between job assignment integration factors and travel nurse job performance, nor aimed to understand how travel nurses perceive onboarding experiences to impact their job performance.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3594423; ProQuest document ID: 1442540922. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Carol Ann Tuttas, PhD, RN, CGNC, CLNC

Sigma Membership

Beta Tau

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Self-Efficacy, Organizational Socialization, Nurse Practice Environment, Onboarding Experiences, Travel Nurses

Advisor

Rosa Gonzalez Guarda

Second Advisor

Christine T. Kovner

Third Advisor

Doris Ugariza

Fourth Advisor

Karina Gattamorta

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Miami

Degree Year

2013

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-12-14

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