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 ...

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 ...

Out of nursing school for just a few months, 24-year-old Elizabeth Martinez already realizes how easy it would be to burn out. Or to make a mistake that can mean the difference between life and death.

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 ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ” Leaving the college setting and entering the real world can be a daunting transition for any young professional just entering the workforce. But imagine being introduced to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

DISTRICT IS STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS, AND THEY COULD VARY FROMCH SOOL TO SCHOOL. OUR STATE IS BATTLING A NURSING SHORTAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. DOUG: ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGEL ...

University of Utah Health is a Level 1 Trauma Center and nationally recognized Stroke Center. We rank highly and are recognized across the country for our academic research, quality standards, and ...

DULUTH — Essentia Health announced this week its new residency program for nurses has debuted in Duluth, Brainerd and Fargo. The residency program consists of two cohorts of about 40 nurses each who ...

In the spring, Lafayette General Medical Center will begin one of the state’s first nurse residency programs, providing newly licensed registered nurses additional education and support as they begin ...

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, ...