Summer-graduating nurses are starting their first jobs, and hospitals are beginning the arduous task of turning novices into competent, professional RNs. The leap from nursing school to practice is ...

Before Amy Aldridge left a career in law enforcement and became a nurse, she didn’t quite know how involved nursing was. Aldridge, 43, said that “when you think of nursing, you think, ‘Here’s your ...

Offering a nurse residency program is an important strategy for planning for the future in nursing, but many hospitals are finding these programs costly, considering the current economic conditions ...

A dedicated cohort of new registered nurses has successfully completed the yearlong nurse residency program at Trinity Health System. This milestone marks the residents’ transition into experienced ...

Are Nurse Residencies Worth the Trouble? It is possible that there is nothing magical about nurse residencies. Not that nurse residencies have no value, but that along with internships, externships, ...

In 2019, nurse turnover at NYC Health + Hospitals reached a staggering 46%. Fast forward six years, and that number has dropped to just 7%. In this conversation, Natalia Cineas, DNP, R.N., senior vice ...

Looking into the eyes of her dying patient's children last week, Mercy Medical Center nurse Sarah Pudenz asked if they wanted to lower the bed rail and lie down next to him. Pudenz moved the tissue ...

Fisher-Titus honored four graduates of its Nurse Residency Program in a small, outdoor ceremony earlier this month. Sidney Allen, Morgan Geyer, Taylor Ritzler and Jordan Williams all completed the ...

Pictured are the participants in the new Nurse Residency Program at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. This extensive 12-month program will support new graduates as they transition into their first ...

Englewood Health announced it has launched a new nurse residency program, a training initiative designed to ensure that nurses with one year or less of experience transition into practice with skill ...

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Nurse Residency Program has earned the distinction of being the very first such program in the state to receive the "Accreditation with Distinction" from the American ...

Various programs aimed at smoothing the transition from school to practice have stepped into the breach, one of which is the nurse residency. Today, in many settings, a novice nurse is paid to take ...