Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series about nurse residency programs. Part one, which discussed the benefits provided by residency programs, appeared in the November 17 ...

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 ...

The Geisinger Nurse Residency Program recently received accreditation with distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing ...

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, ...

Graduates of Arch Care’s nurse fellowship program pose for a celebratory photo earlier this summer. (Photo; courtesy of Arch Care) A second cohort will soon graduate from a comprehensive new nurse ...

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 ...

Investing in wellness programs for nurses improves retention and reduces burnout, according to study results presented at ...

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 ...