Officials said nurses with less than one year of acute care experience and less than two years of long-term care experience are eligible to apply for admission into the program. Hiring for the program is an ongoing process, according to the report.
The year-long program will provide residents with access to physicians and resident facilitators to help them transition into the profession, and will also include a hospital orientation and specialty training classes. The program will consist of monthly seminars to teach residents about specific specialty areas. All residents will also be expected to participate in and complete an evidence-based practice project to improve their clinical practice, according to the report.
The residency program will be offered at all Centegra hospital locations in McHenry, Woodstock and Huntley — all in Illinois.
Officials said they hope the program will reduce turnover within the health system.
“One of the big advantages [of] this program is instead of hiring new grads throughout the year … we’re going to hire them in groups, so they kind of then have that built-in support with each other, so they know if they’re going through a stressful time they can talk to another graduate who may also be feeling those same growing pains,” said Peggy Norton-Rosko, BSN, MSN, senior vice president and CNO of Centegra Health System. “We want to provide them the best possible first year of their careers. We’re really enhancing our program so they feel supported and valued so that they can focus on providing the best patient care.”
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