New Graduate Nurse Experiences in Clinical Judgment: What Academic and Practice Educators Need to Know

AIM The aim of the study was to determine if use of a structured reflection exercise using a clinical judgment framework would result in more practice-ready new graduate nurses (NGNs). BACKGROUND Clinical judgment is a critical skill for all nurses, yet it is identified as a deficit in NGNs. METHOD Seventy-four NGNs in two groups participated in this mixed-methods study in their first year in practice. Scores from two quantitative measures were...