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Purpose
The Southeast Missouri Hospital Residency Program for nurses is designed for graduate nurses, nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce, nurses seeking a practice environment change, and nurses waiting for a permanent unit assignment, which is not available upon employment. Nurses have the opportunity to continue their professional development through a sheltered mentoring experience that includes classroom learning and supervised clinical experiences. |
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Objectives
At the completion of this full time 16-week program, the nurse will be able to: |
- Demonstrate clinical competency as a registered nurse in a multidisciplinary capacity.
- Demonstrate sound critical thinking process for clinical situations.
- Organize work and utilize time management techniques in the work setting.
- Develop and demonstrate customer service skills.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for multiple patients.
- Demonstrate effective patient and family teaching.
- Identify patient needs and make appropriate referrals to hospital and community resources.
- Provide sound nursing care reflective of current standards of practice.
- Assume responsibility for their own learning outcomes.
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Residency Rotations
After successfully completing orientation, the nurse will rotate through various areas agreed upon by the nurse and the Program Manager. The areas may include critical care, Medical-surgical, maternal-child, and perioperative units.
Apply for this program through the Hospital’s Personnel Department or filling out the form online. For further information contact Easy Stilson, BSN, RN, CNOR, at 573-331-6322. |