Apply for the Mercy Health New Graduate Nurse Residency Program The nurse residency program transitions you from student to OUR MISSION professional nurse. Mercy Health extends the healing ministry of Jesus

ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM CLINICAL AREA ENROLLMENT by improving the health of our communities • Bedside clinical experience: Your trained nurse preceptor Enrollment periods for the nurse residency programs vary with emphasis on people who are poor teaches you clinical skills, shares knowledge and expertise, by clinical areas. assists with decision making, and helps you develop critical and under-served. thinking skills. Nearly 75 percent of the residency is Rolling admission: dedicated to precepted clinical experience. • Adult orthopaedics • Classroom and skills lab: About 25 percent of the • Adult telemetry program is a broad range of classes specifically • Medical surgical designed for new nurses. • Post-operative care unit • A caring, dedicated nurse mentor: An experienced nurse works with you and is your resource or sponsor for career July & March admission: development. Your mentor helps you make the transition from new graduate to professional nurse. • Adult critical care • Simulations: Experienced simulation experts lead • Adult progressive care MERCY HEALTH NEW GRADUATE you through a series of high fidelity simulations to • Cardiovascular care NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM help you develop and apply your clinical skills and • Emergency department 1701 Mercy Health Place critical thinking skills. • Operating room Cincinnati, OH 45237 mercy.com ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS • Post-anesthesia care unit • newly graduated from an accredited school • minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale MERCY HEALTH HOSPITALS OFFERING If you require more information, please email THE PROGRAM [email protected] • less than six months professional acute care (not all hospitals offer all clinical areas) nurse experience • Mercy Health — Anderson Hospital • passed the NCLEX before the program starts • Mercy Health — Clermont Hospital • Mercy Health — Fairfield Hospital • Mercy Health — West Hospital • The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health

Mercy Health New Graduate Nurse Residency Program

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WHAT OUR NURSES SAY ABOUT THE NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM WHAT OUR MANAGERS SAY ABOUT How do I apply to the Mercy Health New Graduate Nurse Do I need to have taken the NCLEX before I start How long and how often are the required Will I get paid to attend the cohort programs? The nurse residency program was a valuable and fulfilling experience. THE PROGRAM Residency Program? the program? cohort programs? Cohort education is part of your work schedule, so you’ll be paid I gained the confidence to be an excellent nurse through my mentors The nurse residency program for OR has been Go to mercyjobs.com and apply for an Acute RN position. All new Yes, all hires must have passed the NCLEX before the Each cohort class is four to eight hours. The cohort meets your hourly rate. and preceptors who truly strived to see me succeed. I relished in the extremely successful. Most new grad RNs graduates with less than six months experience will enter into the program begins. several times over the 12-month program year, meeting more opportunity to start my career as a critical care nurse, a dream that I receive little exposure to the OR in school and, nurse residency program in the following areas: frequently at the beginning of the program. Attendance is Will I work an eight- or 12-hour shift? had since starting nursing school. Mercy Health supports its new nurses. therefore, typically are not interested in surgery mandatory at every cohort class. • Critical Care • Telemetry/Medical Surgical/ When does the program begin? Your shift depends on the department and hospital you work in. I am truly honored to start my career here. when they graduate. Another challenge we face Orthopedics Most nursing departments have 12-hour shifts, so you’ll work when looking for staff members is that new • Operating Room The medical surgical, telemetry and orthopaedic programs begin Will my managers be flexible with my work schedule either day shift (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) or night shift (7 p.m.–7 a.m.). If EMILY ROBERTS, ICU Nurse Resident grads lack basic nursing skills, in addition to • Emergency Room every two weeks based on the organization’s needs. so I can attend the cohort programs? selected for an eight-hour shift, you may work any or all three surgical skill requirements. A floor nurse can The ED, OR, PACU, ICU, CVU and PCU programs are offered twice Each unit manager coordinates the work schedules of new shifts (7 a.m.–3 p.m., 3 p.m.–11 p.m., 11 p.m.–7 a.m.). The program helped me grow into the nurse I have become today. be out of orientation in 12 weeks, but an OR RN In what areas are you hiring for the nurse a year in July and March. graduate nurses to accommodate cohort education. The education I received in this program allowed me to be a more takes six months to a year of orientation. residency program? confident nurse at the bedside with patients. After completing the Mercy Health hospitals offering the program are: The program provides what I refer to as the What are skills that I will acquire that I can take with me During your interview the nurse recruiter will review first year of the program I became a relief charge nurse, joined our “meat and potatoes” to the “why” of what they • M ercy Health — Anderson • Mercy Health — Fairfield through my nursing career? what is required, along with the work agreement. unit council, and took on a leadership role in our Magnet journey. are doing. This gives nurses a strong foundation Hospital Hospital I love being a Mercy Health nurse! The goal of Mercy Health’s program is to develop clinical leaders. to apply those basic skills to any situation that • Mercy Health — Clermont • Mercy Health — West Hospital You will receive professional development courses tailored to help may arise in the OR even though they may not Thank you for the opportunity! Hospital • T he Jewish Hospital — you become leaders at the bedside and on your unit. Additionally have experienced it yet. The nurse residency Mercy Health after two years of employment and a minimum of 2000 patient LIZ OSBORNE, BSN, RN program promotes engagement by the new care hours, you will take the national certification exam in your grad in their learning with a signed contract. It specialty area. also helps with retention as nurses’ confidence What key qualifications are you looking for in a residency The success of our ICU nurse resident program originates from creating level and success rate increase during and after candidate? What’s the orientation timeframe? an individualized education plan tailored to meet nurses’ specific learning completion of the program and orientation. objectives. The resident’s personality and professional pursuits are We’re strongly considering nurse graduates from accredited schools of nursing who have less than six months professional Orientation time frame is both nurse resident specific and considered when matching them with a preceptor of similar qualities At West Hospital, we have had two very nursing experience. We’re looking for qualified candidates who unit specific. A tailored orientation time line will be discussed and interests. successful candidates and love the program! possess a competitive GPA, hands-on patient care/clinical with you. In addition to orientation you will have one year of blended education. The ICU residents at The Jewish Hospital have an orientation team CRYSSIE TINO, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM experience and other outside volunteer or association experience. (manager, educator, preceptor and mentor) working together to support Director, Perioperative Services Strong candidates are willing to participate actively in all and prepare them into transitioning into a competent practitioner. The Mercy Health — West Hospital What are the compensation and benefit packages? learning sessions and complete program-related activities. results have yielded not only nurses who give safe care, but also nurses All new graduate nurses start at the same hourly rate and receive These sessions and activities include (but are not limited to) who are patient-centered, who can anticipate patient/family’s needs, the standard hospital benefit package, which includes health, I think the quality and the discipline of the nurse knowledge assessment, on-line learning, didactic classes identify complications and rescue patients. dental, vision and life insurance, paid days off, tuition residents that have come out of this program simulations and surveys. reimbursement and other benefits. SHERRY VARNEY, BSN, RN have been amazing. They are very well rounded and prepared to take care of patients. They How will the Mercy Health New Graduate Nurse Residency What’s the core curriculum for the nurse residency seem to be a step ahead of all the other new Program benefit me? The nurse residency program helps build the characteristics of a grads we have seen. The program helps nurses program? student nurse transitioning into a professional nurse role. This program You’ll be trained by leading practitioners at Mercy Health, receive experience things they may not have an Our comprehensive curriculum is presented in a variety of is designed to help guide and illuminate pre-existing goals set forth support from trained mentors, and have a full blending learning opportunity to do during their initial orientation educational styles. These styles include presentations, lectures, by every nurse. The program helped me to appreciate, maintain and experience during the cohort meetings. These meetings will allow and helps them to realize their full potential guided hands-on skills training, case studies and high-fidelity emphasize the importance of patients in their care while going through you to work in a team and discuss your experiences and overall by giving them the support and drive they patient simulations. The curriculum framework is: the perioperative services. need to provide the best possible patient understanding of the process. Our goal is to help you develop as a nurse as you transition from being a student to being a safe and • critical thinking The program helped me to identify my true self while becoming a part care they can give. competent practitioner. • patient safety and minimizing risk of something so much bigger than me. This community OR setting has LENA DEPUCCIO, BSN, RN helped me identify my characteristics and build on them so that I can This program will also provide better care to hospital patients as • leadership 2West Nurse Manager develop into the best perioperative nurse that I can be, both for my team nurses learn from each other and gain support from their peers. Mercy Health — Clermont Hospital • communication and my patients. I have never felt more connected to my community than • evidence-based practice I do now. This is a life changing experience. • professional development CHELSEA PACE, BSN, RN

While the transition from a student nurse to a licensed RN seems daunting to most, the nurse residency program gave us the education and support to become the experienced professionals we are today. Through classes, simulations and emotional support, the program facilitated our development and built the foundation for our nursing careers.

HOLLIS CONNERS, BSN, RN JENNA BERNARDO, BSN, RN