Registered Nurse (RN) New Graduate Residency Program

About the role

The Tucson Medical Center New Graduate Nursing Residency Program is a comprehensive one-year program designed to help new graduates successfully transition into the profession of nursing. It includes various components such as hospital orientation, skills labs, forums, interdisciplinary experiences, unit orientation with a preceptor, and monthly educational forums.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required, and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure safe patient care.
• Writes or obtains initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans; maintains patient documentation.
• Receives and reviews shift report from off-going nurse; makes rounds on all assigned patients, assesses patients per TMCH Assessment Standards and documents assessment in electronic documentation record.
• Notifies appropriate physician regarding any unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
• Works with other members of the interdisciplinary patient care team, implements and reinforces patient instructional needs with patient and family offering informational material and pointing out special areas of concern.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consults with other specialists as needed and adjusts nursing care processes as necessary to ensure optimal patient care.
• Identifies and resolves workplace health and safety issues.
• Provides appropriate, direct patient care utilizing appropriate aseptic techniques. May manage IV lines, ensure that sterile techniques are adhered to as appropriate, and oversees patient movement and positioning to ensure that the patient is handled in a clinically safe manner.
• Complies with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards and takes corrective action when violations occur.
• Orients, instructs, and educates assigned personnel.

Requirements

• Candidates are able to begin their employment once they have obtained their RN License.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• No experience required. No more than nine (9) months of paid RN work experience.
• Licensure or Certification: Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Additional certification may be required per department.

Skills

• Knowledge of direct patient care and critical care procedures and techniques, tools, and responses required to ensure optimal patient care.
• Knowledge of exam indicators, contraindications and patient preparation.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Benefits

The program aims to minimize stress and support the transition into nursing through structured learning and support.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the provided information.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the provided information.