Nurse Residency Program
Transition to Practice
What is a Nurse Residency Program?
- Nurse residency programs (NRP) assist and support new-to-practice nurses transitioning from the role of student to professional nurse.
- NRPs increase new nurse's confidence, competence, clinical decision-making skills, and retention.
- NRPs are a year-long program that consists of hands on learning experiences with support and mentorship from Nursing Professional Development Specialists.
Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative
All member hospitals use the proprietary, standardized, 1-year NRP curriculum developed by Vizient and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to help new nurses transition successfully into today's highly complex healthcare environment.
Dr. Joan Warren, Executive Director Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders / Nurse Residency Collaborative (MONL, Inc./MNRC):
Maryland nursing leaders face projected long-term severe workforce shortages and new training needs for graduating nurses. The Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders, Inc., Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative, established in 2013 offers a standardized residency curriculum to all new hospital-based nurses. Facilitating the re-entry of nursing students into hospital settings, creating a curriculum to support graduating nurses new to the workforce, and partnering with academicians to help with stress management and resiliency are a few ways this organization strives to retain and develop new nurses.
Dr. Joan Warren
Ph.D., RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, FAANTeena Milligan, MSN, RN Instructor of Nursing at Salisbury University:
As a nurse educator who also still practices at the bedside, a nurse residency program is a great program that supports new nurses' transition into the nursing profession. This type of program helps new nurses improve their clinical skills to become competent nurses. I wish they had this type of program when I was a new graduate nurse.
Teena Milligan
MSN, RN
