Objective: The shortage of nurses is an overwhelming problem worldwide. Numerous studies indicate that fresh nursing graduates encounter many challenges in their first year after graduation. These difficulties affect their psychological health and influence their perseverance which results in a high resignation rate. Hong Kong is not an exceptional case; therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the challenges encountered by fresh nursing graduates during the transition period in order to provide insights to academics and clinical administrators in order to facilitate the transition and alleviate the negative impacts, thus increasing the retention rate.Methods: This was a qualitative study and eight new nursing graduates (M = 4; F = 4) from the same local higher education institute were interviewed individually. Thematic coding was used to analyse the data.Results: Finally, nine themes were identified including eight areas of challenges and one common attribute. Workload, lack of knowledge, communication, expectation, change of role, working atmosphere, support and a blame/complaint culture are the common areas of challenges that they encounter in the transitional period. Furthermore, this study also found that new nursing graduates possess a common attribute, i.e. positive personal attitude which seems able to enhance their perseverance in this period.Conclusions: The identified themes are interrelated and all the stakeholders should join together and form a cycle of continuous improvement in order to improve the nursing programme and clinical supports to the fresh nursing graduates.
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机译：目标：护士短缺是全球范围内的压倒性问题。大量研究表明，应届护理专业的毕业生在毕业后的第一年会遇到许多挑战。这些困难影响了他们的心理健康并影响了他们的毅力，导致辞职率很高。香港并非例外。因此，本研究的目的是探索过渡时期应届护理毕业生的挑战，以便为学者和临床管理人员提供见解，以促进过渡并减轻负面影响，从而提高保留率。 ：这是一项定性研究，来自本地同一所高等教育机构的八名新护理毕业生（M = 4; F = 4）分别接受了采访。结果：最后，确定了9个主题，包括8个挑战领域和1个共同属性。工作量，缺乏知识，沟通，期望，角色变化，工作氛围，支持和责备/投诉文化是他们在过渡时期遇到的常见挑战。此外，该研究还发现，新的护理毕业生具有共同的属性，即积极的个人态度似乎可以增强其在这一时期的毅力。结论：确定的主题是相互关联的，所有利益相关者应团结在一起，形成一个连续的循环改善以改善护理程序和对应届护理毕业生的临床支持。
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