STARS — STARting off Right: Best Supports for New Graduate Nurses

Reflecting the global nursing workforce shortage, the province of British Columbia is facing a nursing staffing crisis: in addition to high numbers of experienced nurses choosing to retire, many new graduate nurses are leaving the profession within a few years of graduation (British Columbia Nurses Union, 2022). To address this crisis, we will host a co-design workshop that will bring together research users and researchers focused on better supporting new graduate nurses as they transition to clinical practice. During the workshop, we will share best practice research, innovative solutions, co-design scaling solutions, prioritize research gaps, and determine how best to share information. Specifically, the workshop will include examination on support for groups of nurses with high barriers when transitioning to practice, including Indigenous, Black, and internationally educated nurses. Our intended outcomes centre on co-designing a research agenda with priority areas for future research and co-design best practice KT products. Finally, we will increase the capacity of knowledge translation for researchers and research users through co-development and exposure to consultant design experts in visual knowledge translation.