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Year-long nurse residency programs have been shown to improve clinical competency, confidence, and comfort levels and to increase job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to examine the benefits of a three-month nurse residency program for newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs). A descriptive, one-group pre-test, post-test design was used to examine NLRNs' perceptions of clinical competency, confidence and comfort as measured by the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey and job satisfaction as measured by the Revised Casey-Fink Nurse Retention Survey at two points in time, two weeks before the start of the nurse residency program and again at three months upon completion of the nurse residency program. The findings of this study do not validate that the benefits of a three-month nurse residency program. Through this study, it was found that, through the implementation of a nurse residency program, NLRNs were able to get checked-off on various competencies in the simulation laboratory. However, they did not feel an increase in self-perceived competency. Furthermore, NLRNs in this study had a decrease in anticipated intent to stay.