Love the difference you make and begin a rewarding nursing career as a Lovelace Health System nurse resident.
Develop critical thinking skills through hands-on learning working alongside experienced, compassionate Lovelace nurses. Build a foundation for your nursing career with personal and professional support throughout our residency program to give you the skills to become a competent, confident member of the healthcare family.
Graduate Nurse Residency
Lovelace Health System has partnered with the University of Iowa to provide a 12-month Entry to Practice (ETP) Nurse Residency Program that supports graduate nurses as they transition into their first professional nursing role. The program offers an individualized comprehensive orientation plan, immersive learning opportunities, nursing professional development, quality/safety performance improvement integration, and a supportive team-oriented environment.
Lovelace Health System (LHS) was awarded the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP), signifying that the hospital is following best practices and utilizing an evidence-based curriculum that is focused on helping the new graduate nurse transition from student nurse into professional nursing practice. LHS is one of only 249 programs in the world who have received this accreditation.
Cohorts starting monthly!
Application Requirements:
- Dual application to ETP Nurse Residency Program and the unit of choice
- Applications are open
Please email recruiter@lovelace.com to connect with a recruiter today!
Qualifications:
- Nursing student must have graduated or will be graduating from an accredited school of nursing prior to the cohort start state.
- The program is open to new LPNs and RNs within their first 12 months of nursing.
- The candidate must have successfully passed the NCLEX and hold an unencumbered nursing license in NM or in a compact state.
- Willingness to participate in all program components
- Current BLS; hiring department may also require ACLS and or PALS. *These can be taken through Lovelace education within the first 90 days of employment.
- One-year post-program completion work commitment agreement required
Transition to Critical Care Fellowship
Are you interested in becoming a certified critical care nurse? Join our adult critical care teams in Cardiac and Adult Medical critical care settings today and you will be enrolled in our fellowship program that will support the whole first year of your critical care journey! At the end of the program, you will be eligible to sit for your Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification exam offered by the Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Lovelace Health System is excited to offer this Critical Care Fellowship for experienced nurses seeking to enter the Critical Care specialty. This year-long program offers a comprehensive orientation plan, immersive learning opportunities, development of critical care knowledge and skills, and a supportive team-oriented environment.
The program curriculum offers education and training to include specialty-focused online modules, advanced skills labs, inter-professional care team shadowing, and practice-based learning. Participants will attend class every other week for the first 12 weeks and then transition to monthly classes thereafter. Learning plans will include assignment of the Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) offered through the Association of Critical Care Nurses and guest speakers that have subject matter expertise.
Ideal candidates are nurses with at least one-year experience in medical/surgical, progress care, or intermediate care units. Other candidates will be considered at the discretion of the hiring manager.
Application Requirements:
- RN with at least one year experience in medical/surgical, progress care, or intermediate care units.
- Must hold an unencumbered nursing license in NM or in a compact state.
- Willingness to participate in all program components.
Please email recruiter@lovelace.com to connect with a recruiter today!
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Nurse Externship Program at Lovelace Health System
Lovelace Health System is excited to offer this steppingstone at all our hospital locations as you begin your career! Working as a Nurse Extern will help you to develop knowledge and skills essential to safe nursing practice. If you are successful in the Nurse Extern role you will be guaranteed a position within the nurse residency program upon passing your NCLEX. While working as a Nurse Extern you can work independently as a Patient Care Tech with an expanded scope that will allow you to practice foundational nursing skills. These skills will include IV starts, blood draws, and other line placement after you have been trained and demonstrated competency.
In order to support successful completion of your academic program you will only be required to work one day per week, or two days per pay period (two week timeframe). One day per pay period you will work with an RN on a Clinical Focus Shift. During the clinical focus shift you will work with a RN and participate in patient care while beginning to practice assessment skills and documentation. Candidates are required to be in the last year of an accredited nursing program. Additional shifts, working as a Patient Care Tech, may be picked up as desired by the Extern. Nurse Externs may remain in the role for up to 4 months post-graduation.
Start getting paid as a Nurse Extern upon hire!