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Graduate Nurse Residency

Start Your Nursing Career at MU Health Care

When you join MU Health Care as an eligible inpatient graduate nurse, you’ll get hands-on training in the unit where you work and automatically join our PTAP-accredited, 12-month Nurse Residency Program. Together, these experiences give you the support, skills and clinical experience to build confidence during your first year.

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A Full Year of Support

You won’t navigate your first year alone. You’ll join a cohort of fellow graduate nurses who learn together and support one another throughout the year.
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Learn From Experts

As part of the region’s premier academic health system, you’ll care for complex patients alongside experienced nurses, physicians and other experts while continuing to develop your clinical skills.
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Build Confidence

From orientation on your unit to monthly Nurse Residency seminars, you'll have opportunities to strengthen your skills and prepare to care for increasingly complex patients.
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Grow Professionally

Develop leadership skills, complete an evidence-based practice project, connect with nursing leaders and hospital administrators and start building a foundation for future career growth.
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Plan Ahead for Your Next Step

You can apply up to one year before graduation, giving you more opportunities to be considered for your preferred nursing unit.

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Hear why nurses love the program

 Starting your first nursing job is a big transition. Hear from graduate nurses Vivian and Taylor about their experiences beginning their careers at MU Health Care.

Nurse Residency Program

Your first year as a nurse comes with new experiences and opportunities to grow. MU Health Care’s 12-month Nurse Residency Program gives eligible inpatient graduate nurses structured support as they transition from nursing school to professional practice.

Along with your unit-specific orientation, you’ll participate in monthly seminars and receive peer mentorship from nurses who have completed the program. You’ll build clinical confidence and develop connections that can support you throughout your nursing career.

Our Nurse Residency Program is accredited through the American Nurses Credentialing Center Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP).

Eligible inpatient graduate nurses are automatically enrolled in the program after they're hired, so there's no separate application.

What You'll Learn

Throughout your first year, you’ll participate in 12 interactive seminars that build on your clinical orientation and help you continue developing as a professional nurse.

Topics include:
  • Team communication
  • Prioritization and time management
  • Infection prevention
  • Health equity, ethics and risk management
  • Workplace violence prevention
  • Stress management, resilience and wellness
  • Patient and family education and comprehensive pain management
  • Leadership and professional development
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Patient care management
  • Business of health care

More Than Critical Thinking

Your first year is also about building relationships, developing professionally and becoming part of the nursing community at MU Health Care.

Connect With Your Cohort

Build relationships with other graduate nurses through monthly cohort seminars.

Meet Nursing Leaders

Connect with nursing leaders and hospital administrators through opportunities such as the New Nurse Networking Lunch and Donuts with Directors.

Support Your Well-Being

Access resources through the Office of Well-Being.

Grow as a Professional

Complete an evidence-based practice (EBP) project and develop a professional portfolio.

Celebrate Your First Year

Mark the completion of your Nurse Residency experience by presenting your EBP project and attending a graduation celebration.
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Additional Support for Eligible Roles

Some graduate nurse positions may qualify for additional financial support. Eligibility and available programs vary by role.

Frequently Asked Questions

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You can apply up to one year before graduation. Applying early gives you the best opportunity to be considered for your preferred nursing unit.

No. Eligible inpatient graduate nurses are automatically enrolled after they're hired.

The Nurse Residency Program is designed for eligible graduate nurses hired into full-time inpatient RN positions. The program is open to nurses who:
  • Have graduated from an accredited nursing program
  • Have less than one year of RN experience
  • Hold an RN license or Missouri graduate nurse permit
  • Are employed by MU Health Care in a full-time inpatient RN position
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Why Nurses Choose MU Health Care

Your first job is just the beginning of your nursing career. At MU Health Care, you’ll have opportunities to continue learning, develop your expertise and explore where you want your career to go — whether that means bedside excellence, specialty certification, leadership or advanced practice. 

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Ready to Start Your Nursing Career?

You've worked hard to become a nurse. Start your career somewhere you can keep learning, build meaningful relationships and grow into the nurse you want to be.

Ready to Start Your Nursing Career?

You've worked hard to become a nurse. Start your career somewhere you can keep learning, build meaningful relationships and grow into the nurse you want to be.

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