Facilitators, barriers, benefits, and funding to implement postgraduate nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs

Background: A current trend to address the increasing numbers of new graduate nurse practitioners (NPs) and the expanding scope of practice of NPs is the emergence of employer-based postgraduate NP residency/fellowship programs. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive examination of postgraduate NP residency/fellowship programs in the United States, to gain an understanding of the facilitators, barriers, benefits, and...