Using the generative nursing model to reframe nursing student transition to practice.

New nurses are leaving hospitals in record numbers after fulfilling their initial employment obligations. Reasons for turnover relate to job dissatisfaction in the form of stressful working conditions, disempowerment, insufficient resources, difficult working relationships, and poor management. The authors discuss an approach for preparing students to manage factors that lead to burnout and new nurse turnover using the Generative Leadership Model as a framework.