do RN residency programs really make a difference?

[gummibear]

hi all, new nurse and new to this site. i've been reading alot of the posts and there just seems to be a lot of "horror stories" rn's have about horrible working conidtions and **** poor management and how nurses feel they have no support. my question is, if i am offered a position in a rn residency program at a magnet status hospital, do you think that it is safe for me to assume that the nurse preceptors and the nursing staff and management team that i will be working with there will be much kinder to deal with than if i were just hired onto a unit w/o a residency program and not magnet status?

thanks

[Mike A. Fungin RN]

Being a Magnet hospital, given my experience, doesn't necessarily mean anything. They can be just as bad or worse than non-Magnet hospitals.