Nurse Residency Scholarship Recipients - Fall 2026 Cohort

Location: Hollywood, Florida

About the role

Provides direct patient care in an area designated as a specialty unit in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel.
• May precept student nurses and new hires.
• Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including disposition, referral, spiritual and psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and family; provides patient and family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources.
• Monitors, documents, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.

Competencies

• Accountability
• Customer Service
• Development and Implementation of Plan of Care
• Knowledge of Disease Process
• Organization Skills
• Patient and Family Centered Care
• Patient Safety - Nursing
• Problem Solving - Patient Care
• Responding to Change
• Standards of Behavior

Requirements

• Accredited Program: Nursing (Required)
• BLS certification from one of the following:
  • American Heart Association (BLS AHA ECARD, BLS AHA-RQI ECARD, BLS AHA, BLS GRACE)
  • Red Cross (BLS RC)
• Registered Nurse Compact License (RN LICENSE COMPACT) or Registered Nurse License (RN LICENSE) - State of Florida (FL)

Qualifications

Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

• Must be a new graduate with less than six (6) months as an Acute Care Registered Nurse or less than twelve (12) months as a Non-Acute Care Registered Nurse.

Additional Information

• Nurse Residency Program requires graduation from an accredited nursing program within the last twelve (12) months or no more than twelve (12) months of Non-Acute Care RN experience or less than 6 months of Acute Care RN experience.
• RN Fellowship Refresh to Acute Care Track requires ineligibility for Nurse Residency Program, including graduation from an accredited nursing program over twelve (12) months before hire or a three (3) year period of non-practicing acute care experience.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Bending and Stooping: 80%
• Climbing: 40%
• Keyboard Entry: 80%
• Kneeling: 60%
• Lifting/Carrying Patients 35 Pounds or Greater: 80%
• Lifting or Carrying 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Lifting or Carrying 25.01 lbs - 75 lbs Non-Patient: 40%
• Pushing or Pulling 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Pushing or Pulling 26 - 75 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Pushing or Pulling > 75 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Reaching: 80%
• Repetitive Movement Foot/Leg: 40%
• Repetitive Movement Hand/Arm: 80%
• Running: 40%
• Sitting: 60%
• Squatting: 80%
• Standing: 80%
• Walking: 80%
• Audible Speech: 80%
• Hearing Acuity: 80%
• Smelling Acuity: 40%
• Depth Perception: 80%
• Distinguish Color: 80%
• Seeing - Far: 80%
• Seeing - Near: 80%
• Exposure to Bio hazardous Waste: 80%
• Exposure to Biological Hazards - Respiratory: 80%
• Exposure to Biological Hazards - Skin or Ingestion: 80%
• Exposure to Blood and/or Bodily Fluids: 80%
• Exposure to Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens: 80%
• Exposure to Cytotoxic Chemicals: 60%
• Exposure to Dust: 60%
• Exposure to Gas/Vapors/Fumes: 80%
• Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals: 80%
• Exposure to Hazardous Medication: 80%
• Exposure to Computer Monitor: 80%
• Exposure to Domestic Animals: 40%
• Exposure to Fire Risk: 40%
• Exposure to Magnetic Fields: 40%
• Exposure to Moving Mechanical Parts: 40%
• Exposure to Needles/Sharp Objects: 80%
• Exposure to Potential Electric Shock: 40%
• Exposure to Potential for Physical Assault: 40%
• Exposure to Wet or Slippery Surfaces: 60%

Schedule

Shift: Nights