Nurse Residency Program at LMH Health
At LMH Health, the Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, while complying with laws and regulations in maintaining patient information. This nurse residency program is for new graduate nurses to become proficient in the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.
Requirements: Licensed RN
The first step is to apply to the Registered Nurse position and Department that fits the candidate’s career goals. You will go through the interview process and once accepted into the program nurse residents will take part in a dynamic and progressive 8 week program with a follow up meeting in 6 months. Our mission in the residency program is to facilitate a smooth transition from student nurse to professional member of the LMH Health healthcare team through simulations, walk-throughs, and supporting the graduate’s transition from novice to competent nurse. Our goals for our nurse residents in addition to superior training for the role of RN are for you to experience:
- Networking and Support base with peers
- Best practice using LMH Resources
- Job satisfaction
- Increased knowledge and clinical judgement
- Increased confidence
- Decreased stress and anxiety
By the end of our program as a graduate of the nurse residency program you will be proficient in the following job responsibilities:
- Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
- Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
- Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by:
- Utilizing information, resources and technology
- Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement
- Exemplifies professionalism: applies lifelong learning; contributes to the science of nursing; participates in governance; shares knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; builds the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
- Performs nursing care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.
Senior Nurse Technician, Part-Time or Per Need (PRN)
The Senior Nurse Technician participates in the management and provision of nursing care for a group of adult medical/surgical patients, with the supervision of a registered nurse. You must be in your senior year of nursing school
- Assesses and documents patient’s biophysical, psychosocial, spiritual and educational needs.
- Collaborates with other clinical disciplines to develop and document a patient/family plan of care.
- Collaborates with care team members to develop and prioritize strategies to coordinate implementation of the patient/family plan of care.
- Communicates with the interdisciplinary team to achieve patient outcomes.
- Assists with administering treatments, and observes/documents patient’s responses.
- Provides and documents appropriate patient/family education.
- Documents implementation of interventions in the patient’s medical record.
- Interprets and reacts appropriately to patient’s responses to treatments.
- Evaluates patient’s progress towards identified outcomes.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
Education: Required:
Current Kansas Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Certification, Completion of a Medical Assistant program (CMA), Current EMT training certification, or completion of 1 year of nursing school
Current BLS certification
Apply to the RN position in the department(s) in-line with your career goals. Note in your Resume the expected graduation Date & include on your Cover Letter the interest you have in the Nurse Residency Program
