RN Residency Program
You’ve probably heard about the Versant RN Residency Program – a comprehensive evidence-based transition program that increases new RN grad success.
What’s different about the RN Residency at White Memorial?
We’ve been a leading teaching hospital for over 90 years. Combine our decades of successful training and mentoring with the dynamics of the Versant system and you have access to one of the best RN Residency Programs available today. Our application is so specialized and unique to us, we’ve renamed it WMMC RN Residency Program.
What is the WMMC RN Residency Program?
It fully integrates WMMC’s already proven practices with innovations in guided clinical experience, custom classroom curriculum, formal mentoring and debriefing and hands-on skill development. The result? New graduate RNs at WMMC achieve more confidence, feel more secure and reach their career goals with far greater ease.
What do I get with WMMC RN Residency?
The WMMC RN Residency Program offers five months of training to help RNs transition from the school setting to a clinical setting. Each resident receives:
- One-to-one seasoned, unit-based preceptorship
- Classroom and lab curriculum
- Individualized rotation and orientation
- Dedicated mentoring to refine skills
- Self-care and support groups
What WMMC departments will engage this program?
- Emergency
- Critical Care
- Telemetry
- Med-Surg / Orthopedic
- General Surgery
- Acute Rehab
- Labor & Delivery
- Maternity
- Float Pool
- Neonatal ICU
- Pediatrics
What gets me started?
Register now for our next class, which begins July 2007.
Applicants must furnish the following items:
- Two letters of reference from nursing school instructor or former health care manager
- Essay describing your professional goals for the next five years
- Unofficial transcript from school of nursing
- A professional resume
All new graduates must have an Interim Permit in order to start the program. Candidates should work directly with their schools prior to graduation in order to apply for the Interim Permit.
New graduates must take and successfully pass their nursing boards within 30 days of hire. AHA CPR is also required.
All interested applicants should apply online and call to set up a prescreening interview.
Jamie Bituin, Recruiter
(323) 268-5000, ext. 1303
bituinjm@ah.orgJulio Martinez, Recruiter
(323) 260-5790
martinj10@ah.orgJennifer Kwak, Recruiter
(323) 268-5000, ext. 1922
kwakj1@ah.org
