The New Graduate Registered Nurse is a full-time registered nurse position with a one-year nationally recognized Nurse Residency Program that assists you in transitioning from a new graduate to a professional nurse. As a New Graduate Registered Nurse, you will receive a carefully planned combination of on-the-job and classroom education.
This program allows you to build relationships with other new RNs and to work collaboratively on a project that is important to advancing the care of our patients. The New Graduate Registered Nurse will receive support from their Nurse Manager, Preceptor, Mentor, other unit staff as well as a Nursing Outcome Improvement Facilitator.
Our curriculum focuses on 3 core components; Clinical Leadership, Patient Safety and Outcomes and the Professional Role as a Registered Nurse. There are monthly residency sessions that will provide you with a strong foundation for the lifelong learning ahead. The last six months of the program is committed to an evidence based practice project. As a group you will work with your unit and unit manager on a clinical issue that you see as problematic or an area of improvement.
In addition to the residency, the New Graduate Registered Nurse will be responsible for delegation, supervision, and provision of nursing care for a designated group of patients through utilization of the nursing process. They will provide age-appropriate care and will participate in research when appropriate and incorporate research findings into evidence-based clinical practice.
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Here at Memorial, we are proud to be an award winning organization committed to continually raising the bar of nursing excellence. As a new graduate nurse, you'll find the resources you need to make a difference and grow in your clinical practice. Our one year, nationally recognized Nurse Residency Program in conjunction with your nurse manager and assigned preceptor will prepare your for success as you advance the clinical ladder.
Memorial Health includes a variety of care settings and programs throughout hospitals in five Illinois locations: Decatur, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Springfield, and Taylorville. We offer:
While Memorial desires to be at the forefront of innovation and technology, we never lose focus of our mission, to improve lives and build stronger communities through better health.
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Memorial hospitals offer a 10-month Nurse Residency Program (NRP) designed to support the transition of all new graduate nurses from novice nurse to competent nursing professional. This program is developed from the national Vizient/AANC NRP curriculum, an evidence-based program customized to reflect the values and mission of Memorial Health System.
The NRP at Memorial will provide education, support and guidance to new graduate nurses as they begin their careers at Memorial hospitals. It is a 10-month long professional development curriculum for new graduate nurses that culminates in an evidence-based poster presentation.
The professional development curriculum includes once a month 4-hour paid sessions for 10 months that participants are expected to attend.