New Grad Nursing Program

Nurse Residency

The Nurse Residency Program is designed to help build confidence and competence as a new nurse when transitioning from student to professional registered nurse.

The Nurse Residency Program features:

• Six weeks of precepted clinical time on an assigned medical, surgical, or cardiac unit with the department selection fair occurring at the seventh week
• Five weeks of precepted clinical time on the department selected
• Additional four weeks with an assigned resource person
• Classroom time designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to be a competent nurse at UK King’s Daughters
• Nurturing support needed to smooth transition into practice
• Bridging any gaps you may have in a clinical skill proficiency
• Opportunities to develop a camaraderie with other members of the residency class, providing peer support
• Ability to start with your Kentucky provisional license with NCLEX test dates within 30 days of start

You will have the opportunity to learn:

• Medication safety
• Code prep/mock code scenarios
• Hands-on skills lab
• Basic dysrhythmia recognition
• Patient safety
• UK King’s Daughters policies and procedures
• UK King’s Daughters CARING and SPIRIT standards

Residency in Emergency Nursing

The Emergency Nursing Residency is designed to provide graduate nurses and registered nurses already in practice with a comprehensive, structured orientation to the Emergency Department environment.

The Residency provides both classroom and real-world experience. During weeks one through four, residents split their day in the classroom and in the ED working alongside an assigned preceptor. Weeks five through sixteen are spent in the ED with the assigned preceptor. Residents:

• Learn and demonstrate competence in basic, advanced, and pediatric advanced life support, earning BLS, ALS, and PALS certification
• Receive instruction and gain certification in non-violent crisis intervention
• Receive instruction and gain certification in the NIH Stroke Scale
• May take advantage of Hazmat Operational Level certification and Emergency Nurses Association Trauma Nurse Core Courses (TNCC)

Critical Care Nursing Fellowship

Our Critical Care Fellowship provides education, mentorship, and support to nurses making the transition to critical care nursing. It takes a very special kind of person to become a critical care nurse. We’ll help you achieve your goals.

Throughout the fellowship, your educator will ensure you are matched with an engaged, competent preceptor, prepare your clinical schedule, facilitate classroom training, and conduct focused evaluations of your progress.

Our Critical Care Fellowship includes:

• Four weeks of classroom time devoted to critical care topics and skills
• Nine weeks of clinical precepted time within our medical/surgical ICU
• Three weeks of cardiovascular rotation, including one day each shadowing in the CVOR to observe open-heart surgery, the Cath Lab, and 4k unit, as well as participating in clinical precepted time within our cardiovascular recovery ICU
• The possibility of joining the CVICU staff with an additional eight weeks of training specific to CABG and value surgical recovery

During your Critical Care Fellowship, you will:

• Receive nearly 400 preceptor-supervised hours in the critical care units
• Benefit from the focused guidance of a dedicated fellowship educator who will help you navigate through your clinical and classroom experiences
• Enhance your basic clinical skills and learn the new critical care clinical skills you need
• Experience medical/surgical ICU and cardiovascular ICU patient populations
• Receive didactic experience