Nurse Residency Program
Our Nurse Residency program is in place to support New to Practice Registered Nurses. This 12 month program is designed with new grads in mind – giving them foundational tools, resources, competence and confidence that will carry with them throughout their career.
Focus of the Nurse Residency Program:
- Bedside Leadership
- Patient Safety / Outcomes
- Professional Role of Nurses
About our program:
- Residents will be hired for a specific unit within the hospital.
- During the first year, they will orient to the unit in addition to attending the nurse residency educational sessions.
- Dedicated Preceptor Assignment during the length of orientation, for unit based support.
- Nurse residents will meet once a month for the length of their residency.
- Nurse residents will complete an evidence based practice project throughout the course of the program.
- Formal and informal mentorship opportunities throughout the program and beyond.
- Applications for Nurse Residents open twice a year, in the fall and early spring.
- Meritus Health is a member of the Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative, a statewide program engaged to provide best practice, standardized approach to new to entry nurses.
Requirements:
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Graduate of a BSN, ASN/ADN accredited Nursing program
- If ASN/ADN graduate, must complete BSN within 3 years of hire
- Ability to sit for NCLEX and hold a Maryland or Compact State License
Inclusion Criteria
All RN’s with less than one-year acute care experience are to participate in the nurse residency program. This may include but is not limited to:
- A newly licensed, new to practice RN
- An RN who may be entering the acute care setting for the first time
- An RN who has transferred from another facility to MMC before completion of a residency program
- An LPN who recently obtained their RN and is joining the acute care setting
- An RN returning to practice after recently completing a refresher course
- Any other case-by-case situation in which the leadership and education team deem appropriate for participation
For more information about the nurse residency program and its curriculum please email Jodi Irvin at Jodi.Irvin@meritushealth.com.
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