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The STV Graduate Nurse program

St. Vincent's Hospital Graduate Program
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne offers five graduate nurse programs

St Vincent’s 2025 Graduate Nurse Program Information Session

GNP Online Information Sessions-20240603_103125-Meeting Recording.mp4

Graduate Study Days

Four mandatory graduate study days are held during the year. Includes access to Simulation centre
Further learning

Featured Articles - Patient assessment, vital signs and deterioration

Patient assessment

Vital signs and patient deterioration

Patient Deterioration on General Care Units: A Concept Analysis, 2022
Experiences of current vital signs monitoring practices and views of wearable monitoring: A qualitative study in patients and nurses, 2021
Exploration of Nurse Practices and Attitudes Related to Postoperative Vital Signs, 2015
Burchill, Christian; Anderson, Barbara; O'Connor, Priscilla C. Medsurg Nursing, Jul/Aug2015; 24(4): 249-255.
Vital signs monitoring to detect patient deterioration: An integrative literature review, 2015
Accurate respiratory rates count: So should you!, 2017 Flenady T.; Dwyer T.; Applegarth J.Australasian emergency nursing journal : AENJ. 20 (1) (pp 45-47), 2017

Featured - Resilience, well-being, nurse transitioning, time management

Resilience & Well-being

Building Resilience in Nurses: The Need for a Multiple Pronged Approach. Journal of Nursing & Care; 2015. Open Access
Enhancing the resilience of nurses and midwives: Pilot of a mindfulness based program for increased health, sense of coherence and decreased depression, anxiety and stress. Contemporary Nurse; 2013
Emotional labour and wellbeing: what protects nurses? Healtcare; 2016 Gail Kinman, Sandra Leggetter. Emotional Labour and Wellbeing: What Protects Nurses? Healthcare (Basel). 2016 Dec; 4(4): 89.
Resilience in nurses: an integrative review. Journal of Nursing Management; 2012 Hart P.L., Brannan J.D., de Chesnay M. (2014) Journal of Nursing Management 22, 720–734. Resilience in nurses: an integrative review
Strategies new graduate registered nurses require to care and advocate for themselves: A literature review. Contemporary Nurse; 2017 Strategies new graduate registered nurses require to care and advocate for themselves: A literature review Peter Mellor, Carolyn Gregoric & David Gillham. Contemporary Nurse Vol. 53 , Iss. 3, 2017.
Resiliency Program for New Graduate Nurses, 2021
Using Reflection to Improve Person-Centred Care as a New Graduate Registered Nurse.Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal; 2014 Using Reflection to Improve Person-Centred Care as a New Graduate Registered Nurse. Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal, No.21, Dec 2014:49-52.

Graduate Nurse Transition

Impact of COVID-19 on New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Practice: Loss or Gain?
Novice clinical nurse educator's experience of a self-directed learning, education and mentoring program: a qualitative study, 2018
The lived experiences of graduate nurses transitioning to professional practice during a pandemic, 2021 Casey K, Oja KJ, Makic MBF Nursing Outlook. 2021 Jul 29. Request an article
Experiences of Western Australian rural nursing graduates: A mixed method analysis, 2020 (AU) Graf AC, Nattabi B, Jacob E, Twigg D Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2021 May 16.
Identifying the experiences of new graduate nurses during the transition period to practice as a professional nurse, 2020 Salem Alghamdi M, Ghazi Baker O Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(15-16):3082-3088, 2020 Aug.
Contemporary nursing graduates' transition to practice: A critical review of transition models. [Review], 2020 Graf AC, Jacob E, Twigg D, Nattabi B Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(15-16):3097-3107, 2020 Aug.
New Graduate Nurse Transition Programs and Clinical Leadership Skills in Novice RNs, 2014 New Graduate Nurse Transition Programs and Clinical Leadership Skills in Novice RNs. Chappell, Kathy B.; Richards, Kathy C; Barnett, Scott D. Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 44(12):659-68, 2014.
An Exploration of New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Specialty Practice, 2021 Baldwin, Kathleen et al. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development Issue: Volume 37(2), March/April 2021, p 93-100.
Exploring the Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit on New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Practice, 2020 Dimino, Kimberly; Louie, Kem ; Banks, Janet ; Mahon, Emily. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development Issue: Volume 36(3), May/June 2020, p 121-128.
Practice readiness of new graduate nurses and factors influencing practice readiness: A scoping review of reviews, 2022
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Time management

Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Time Management Among Nursing Students. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2018 Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Time Management Among Nursing Students Öksüz, Emine; Guvenc, Gulten; Mumcu, Sule. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing Issue: Volume 36(1), January 2018, p 55–61.
Time Management in Nursing Work. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2014 Time Management in Nursing Work Said, Nizar Belal; International Journal of Caring Sciences, Sep-Dec2014; 7(3): 746-749. Open Access Journal
Time Management Strategies for New Nurses, 2020 Leis SJ, Anderson A American Journal of Nursing. 120(12):63-66, 2020 12.
Time management strategies in nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003 Time management strategies in nursing practice. Waterworth, Susan. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Issue: Volume 43(5), September 2003, p 432–440.

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The lived experiences of graduate nurses transitioning to professional practice during a pandemic.
Casey K., Oja K.J., Makic M. Nursing Outlook. 2021

The transition from nursing student to practicing nurse: An integrative review of transition to practice programs.
Kimberly B. Hampton, Nurse Education in Practice, Volume:52, March 2021.