The Residency Program takes the skills learned during nursing school and softens the transition from graduate nurse to practicing nurse, lessening the stress of suddenly being in a direct-care environment with more experienced nurses. At the end of the program, participants should feel like they’ve moved from being a novice in the position to being an advanced beginner and assured the skills they are using maintain Evangelical standards of care.
Led by nurse educators and different clinical professionals from Evangelical, the Nurse Residency program helps with soft skills like effective communication with both patients and other staff as well as instruction on how to deal with difficult health conversations for patients and their loved ones. In addition, the curriculum includes simulations, online instruction, case studies, scenarios, as well as hands-on instruction on things like medication passes, proper bedside reporting, wound care, pain management, and more.
Pictured from left to right: Evangelical Community Hospital’s February 2023 Nurse Residency Program graduates, Phoebe Spangler, RN; Whitney Cross, RN; Katelyn Lamberson, RN; and Amber Brownson, RN. Not pictured: Brandy Hoffman-Aho, RN.
Pictured from left to right: Phoebe Spangler, RN; Whitney Cross, RN; Katelyn Lamberson, RN; and Amber Brownson, RN with Tamara Persing, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, Vice President Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer at Evangelical Community Hospital. Not pictured: Nurse Residency graduate Brandy Hoffman-Aho, RN.
