Begin your career with a 1-year Post Baccalaureate Registered Nurse (RN) Residency Program requiring no holidays, no nights, no weekends, no mandatory overtime and 100% protected training time for the entire 12 months while you gain competency, confidence, and leadership skills as a new graduate RN.
This program is designed to provide new graduate nurses the foundation they need for a successful career and an opportunity to experience various clinical settings within the Veterans Health Administration prior to applying for their preferred RN role(s). Although we believe you will enjoy working with us at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center; our primary goal is to ensure our Veterans always have amazing care. Thus, we support transfers within the VA System and have no payback/contract requirements. The resident is expected to identify and apply for a permanent role within the national VA system toward the end of the 12-month residency year, for a seamless transition to a permanent role.

REQUIREMENTS

• Citizen of the United States
• This residency program will be the resident’s first RN role.
• Prior to cohort start date:
• Graduate with BSN/MSN/DNP Entry to (RN) Practice Degree
• Possess a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a RN licensure graduate professional nurse in a state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Recent Graduate (within 12 months) from Entry To (RN) Practice Accredited/Approved Degree Program.

• Expand knowledge and skill by attending all trainee educational experiences.
• The Post Baccalaureate RN Resident may perform all functions of a licensed Registered Nurse under the supervision of a preceptor. As RN Residents will rotate through various clinical and non-clinical settings, responsibilities will vary throughout the program.