@article{a6581b31860845ecb5089b60d49aca69,
title = "The Bridge Program: Facilitating the graduate nurse's transition into the profession",
abstract = "The Bridge Program is an educational partnership between the University Healthcare System (UHS) in San Antonio, Texas, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) School of Nursing. The program consists of three undergraduate electives that are offered every semester, including summer, and is coordinated and implemented by the department of acute nursing care faculty.",
author = "Michelle Denyer and Nancy Girard and Nancy Ray and Kathleen Reeves",
note = "Funding Information: Initially developed in 1995, the Bridge Program was designed as a training program and partially funded by UHS. Mutually agreed upon goals by the nursing school and the hospital were to provide students an opportunity to get additional clinical experience to increase their confidence and competency, prepare them to better assume the role of the professional nurse after graduation, and decrease orientation time of the newly hired graduate. Additionally, the hospital hoped to increase its ability to hire the best-qualified graduating nurses. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1016/j.mnl.2004.10.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "50--53",
journal = "Nurse Leader",
issn = "1541-4612",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}