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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nurse Residency graduate Breanna Oak, RN, General Surgical Unit, works with patient Jerry Wilson, and Cathy Herrman, RN, Nurse at the Spine and Joint Unit who recently graduated from the Nurse ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...