Home Health Care Nurse Residency Program
Build on fundamental skills and obtain the mentoring and support needed to excel in home care nursing practice.
Benefits of Working in Home Health Care
- Caring for a wide range of patients who have complex care needs
- Providing attentive one-on-one patient care in your community
- Providing high quality, skilled nursing care
- Opportunity for personal and professional growth
- Peer to peer collaborative relationships
Core Residency Curriculum
Throughout each program step, curriculum content is incorporated into the Residency Program. The core competencies include:
- Patient and family-centered care
- Evidence-based practice
- Quality improvement
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Chronic condition management
- Care transitions and coordination
- Patient care preferences
- Time management, prioritization, and delegation
- Professional role and inter-professional/team communication as well as accountability
Program Description
The Nurse Residency Program is a year-long transition to practice program that serves as a bridge to support and enhance the professional development of new graduate nurses entering home care practice. Working with a trained preceptor, new graduate nurses gain valuable experience from:
- An in-depth understanding of your role through exposure to everyday hands-on practice
- Managing complex patients with skilled nursing care
- Development of critical thinking skills
- Managing complex patients through professional nurturance and mentorship
- Ongoing education and training