New Graduate (RN) Residency Program – StaRN Job Opening
New Graduate (RN) Residency Program – StaRN
Westside Regional Medical Center
• Plantation, Florida
Category: Nurse
- Didactic training: introduces nurses to core curriculum and hospital initiatives in a classroom setting
- Simulation training: reinforces nursing skills learned in a didactic setting
- Hands on training: 6-8 weeks with a facility preceptor in a nursing unit
- Paired with a trained mentor for integration and socialization into the culture of professional nursing
- Monthly resident seminars following a core curriculum for professional development
- Completion of an evidence-based poster presentation
- Obtain Charge Nurse and Preceptor skills
- Medical/Surgical
- Oncology
- Orthopedics/Neuro
- Telemetry
- Progressive Care/Stepdown
- ICU
- Emergency
- Recent graduate from nursing program; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
- Current FL RN licensure
- Strong communication skills required
Description
SHIFT: Mixed (rotating weekends)SCHEDULE: Full-time
Full-time - Day shift & Night shift (rotating weekends)
Join our 2019 HCA Nurse Residency Program!
Program Details:
The HCA Nurse Residency Program will provide education, support and guidance to new graduate nurses as they begin their careers in HCA Healthcare hospitals. It is a yearlong, extensive clinical orientation (StaRN) and professional development curriculum for new graduate nurses that culminates in an evidence-based poster presentation.
StaRN (12 -16 weeks):
Specialty Training Apprenticeship for Registered Nurses
The StaRN Program is primarily designed to provide the graduate nurse with the tools necessary to succeed in today’s hospital environment.
StaRN will assist the graduate nurse with the transition out of the classroom setting onto the unit by providing the following training:
Certifications achieved:
ü Basic Life Support (BLS)
ü Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
ü Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification
ü Electrocardiogram (ECG) Dysrhythmia Interpretation
ü NIH Stroke Scale Certification
The schedule during the first portion of the StaRN is Monday through Friday, 8-hours a day, 40 hours a week. The preceptorship portion of the program consists of three 12-hour shifts at the hospital. Attendance is mandatory for the entire program.
Program acceptance requires a minimum two (2) year, full time commitment to the hospital and unit.
Professional Development Program (remaining 9 months):
To learn more about HCA’s StaRN training and Nurse Residency program, click here to check out our video: HCA East Florida StaRN program
Facility Description:
We're always on the move. New technology. State-of-the art care. Campus improvements – including a $60 million Tower Expansion set to begin in 2017. You will find it is an exciting time at Westside Regional Medical Center, a 224-bed medical center and healthcare complex. Here, our 800+ nurses and allied health professionals, along with 750 physicians, thrive in a fast-paced but friendly work environment. Our medical services, combined with programs in specialties varying from oncology to cardiology, from surgery to emergency care, illustrate why we are one of the best leading healthcare facilities in South Florida.
We offer our community a Chest Pain Center, Comprehensive/Primary Stroke Center, Robotic Surgery, Open Heart Surgery/Cardiovascular ICU, Orthopedic and Spine Institute, Biplane Neuro Interventional Suite.
Westside Regional Medical Center is a member of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, Hospital Corporation of America. HCA has been named one of Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies for eight consecutive years. Join our tradition of excellence!!
Westside Regional Medical Center is seeking exceptional, caring and compassionate new RN graduates to apply for our StarRN New Graduate program!
Units that may hire StaRN residents include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS: