| ANA | American Nurses Association |
| AMSN | Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses |
| APU | the Academic Partnership Program |
| ARCC | Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration |
| BF | Bayes factor |
| BSN | Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| CACP | the Corporate-Academic Cooperation Program |
| CDM | Care Delivery Model |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CPIRD | the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctor |
| CSE | Change-related Self-Efficacy |
| EBP | Evidence Based Practice |
| EERSO | Effort Ensuring Smooth Operation |
| EFQM | European Foundation for Quality Management |
| ENP | Emergency Nurse Physician |
| EP | Externship Program |
| FCP | Final Clinical Practicum |
| HDTS | Humanoid Diagram Teaching Strategy |
| HSP | High Preceptor Support |
| LSP | Low Preceptor Support |
| MEPRA | Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy |
| METEOR | MEnTal hEalth: fOcus on Retention of healthcare workers |
| MMAT | Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool |
| NA | Not Applicable |
| ODOD | One District One Doctor |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| Prisma | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| Prospero | International prospective register of systematic review |
| UNMCON | University of New Mexico College of Nursing |
| UNMH | University of New Mexico Hospital |
| SBAR | Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SITP | Situational Initiation Training Program |
| SWiM | Synthesis without meta-analysis |
| TeamSTEPPS | Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety |
| TSPP | Transition to Specialty Practice Program |
| TTP | Transition-To-Practice |