The Department of Small Business Services next month will launch the country’s first city-led nurse residency program at 24 hospitals, including all 11 of the city’s public hospitals, in order to address retention issues, the de Blasio administration announced Dec. 17.
Five hundred newly-hired nurses will receive the year-long training, which has had proven results in increasing retention at other medical institutions. About 93 percent of newly-graduated nurses who participated in the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program stayed on the job, compared to the national average, which is 82 percent.
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