A team culture, with the flexibility to chart your own path

Shared governance builds on the foundation of an inclusive decision-making structure for nursing staff and nursing leaders. This model empowers staff nurses to work with a high level of autonomy, managing their clinical practice and working environment. Staff nurses lead or co-lead all councils within the shared governance model. Organizations with shared governance structures have a more creative and fulfilled workforce, lower staff turnover and vacancy rate, improved quality of care and positive work relationships.

The Critical Care Immersion Program is the first of its kind in the Twin Cities. The four-phase onboarding program was developed for new registered nurses who want to become long-term critical care nurses. The program lasts 18 months. You’ll start in a telemetry or progressive care unit. The goal: to be an independent critical care nurse. To apply, you need:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Nursing
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Prior work/volunteer/clinical experience in an adult critical care setting (non-RN)

Here’s what you can expect during each phase of the program:

Phase 1: Orientation on a progressive care or telemetry unit

Phase 2: Independent assignment on the progressive care of telemetry unit and an opportunity to shadow nurses in the ICUs

Phase 3: Formal orientation on a critical care unit

Phase 4: Independent assignment/full productivity in the critical care unit

We accept applications twice a year – in the spring and fall. If we’re currently accepting applications, that information will be posted online.

All of our nurses begin their nursing careers at Regions Hospital with classroom and unit orientation. During the classroom phase, you’ll learn about hospital policies and protocols, nursing topics and the Electronic Medical Record system (EPIC). After the classroom phase, you’ll work with specially trained primary preceptors for an in-depth, unit-based orientation. Acute care and critical care nurses get additional training.

All new nursing staff participate in a simulation experience in the HealthPartners Clinical Simulation Center and practical skills session.

As a teaching hospital, you’ll have access to in-house classes, shadowing opportunities, online learning and nursing grand rounds. Tuition reimbursement, scholarships and other monetary incentives are also available.

If you’re looking for a supportive environment where you can develop and strengthen your nursing skills, become a student nurse intern at Regions Hospital. This is a 10-week paid nursing internship that typically begins the first week of June. Through this program, you’ll have multiple shadowing opportunities across a variety of inpatient units, including trauma, burn, neurology, orthopedics, cardiac, telemetry, critical care and more.

Qualifications/requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a BAN, BSN or MSN nursing program and not currently licensed.
• Must enroll in a Minnesota-based clinical internship course of at least one credit and submit registration to Human Resources prior to starting.

The program accepts applications for a limited time beginning in late October. We’ll begin interviewing for the program in January. For more information, please contact Julia Buermann, MSN, RN at 651-254-3498 or Julia.C.Buermann@healthpartners.com.

This is a nurse residency and fellowship structured program that supports learning, role transition, and the retention of nurses at Regions Hospital. The goal is to give newly hired nurses support and guidance as they acclimate to Regions. Most nurses are automatically enrolled in this program after accepting a nursing position.

Your individualized orientation will include:

• Central nursing orientation
• Unit orientation
• Transition to Regions Hospital practice
• Mentorship program

This program was designed to take novice ED nurses and help them grow into proficient ED nurses. We offer the new graduate residency program twice a year – once during the beginning of the year and once during the summer. During this program, you’ll gain experience and learn skills to become an advanced beginner in emergency nursing. You’ll learn in a supportive and nurturing environment alongside your preceptors at the bedside on each of the care pods. Typically, there are 3-5 grads in a cohort.

This is a six-month program with focused, planned education that includes:

• Classroom learning
• Hands-on skills training
• Simulation experiences
• Clinical orientation
• Shadowing with an RT
• Critical case presentations
• Medication reviews
• Resiliency training