Nurse Residency Programs
for New Nurse Graduates

2024

Nurse Residency programs can ease the transition to practice for recent graduates.

Results To Date

 

Time Periods

Enrolled

Terminated/Resigned

NJ Turnover

National Data
2020-2023 2,564  242* 11.7% 28.7%**

*25-30% Change position to a different job experience

**RNs with less than 1 year of service turnover equals 28.7% (NSI, 2023)

The collaborative aims to increase the use of standardized, high-quality nurse residency programs across the state through the implementation of the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program. Funding for the first year of the collaborative is provided by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Growing Apprenticeship in Non-Traditional Sectors (GAINS) Grant.

The following table identifies which New Jersey hospitals offer a nurse residency program as part of their training for new nurses

 

♦ New Jersey hospitals with Nurse Residency Programs.

♦ Vizient/AACN Residency Program.

♦ Vizient/AACN and GAINS grant recipient Residency Program.

Hospital

Yes

No
Acuity Specialty Hospital of NJ & Acuity Specialty Hospital of Southern NJ   X
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital    
Ann Klein Forensic Center State of NJ, Department of Human Services   X
Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center  X  
Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center X  
Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center X  
Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center X  
Atlantic Rehabilitation Center   X
♦AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division X  
♦AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Division X  
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation   X
Bergen Regional Medical Center   X
Buttonwood Behavioral Health Hospital   X
Cape Regional Medical Center   X
♦ Capital Health Medical Center  – Hopewell X  
♦ Capital Health Regional Medical Center X  
CareOne at Hackensack UMC at Pascack Valley   X
CareOne at Raritan Bay Medical Center   X
CareOne at Trinitas Regional Medical Center   X
CarePoint Health Bayonne Medical Center   X
CarePoint Health Christ Hospital   X
CarePoint Health Hoboken University Medical Center X  
Carrier Clinic   X
CentraState Medical Center X  
Children’s Specialized Hospital X  
Christian Health Care Center   X
Clara Mass Medical Center   X
Community Medical Center X  
♦ Cooper University Health Care X  
Cornerstone Behavioral Health Hospital of Union County   X
Deborah Heart and Lung Center X  
East Orange General Hospital X  
♦ Englewood Hospital and Medical Center X  
Essex County Hospital Center   X
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital   X
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Perth Amboy X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center X  
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center X  
Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center X  
Hampton Behavioral Health Center AKA Universal Health Services   X
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Tinton Falls   X
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Vineland   X
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River   X
♦ Holy Name Medical Center X  
♦ Hudson Regional Hospital  X  
♦ Hunterdon Medical Center  X  
♦ Inspira Medical Center Elmer  X  
♦ Inspira Medical Center  Vineland X  
♦ Inspira Medical Center  Woodbury X  
Jersey City Medical Center X  
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Center   X
♦ Jefferson Health – Stratford X  
♦ Jefferson Health – Cherry Hill X  
♦ Jefferson Health – Washington Township X  
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Chester X  
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – West Orange X  
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Saddlebrook X  
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – Marlton X  
Kindred Hospital – Wayne   X
Kindred Hospital – Morris   X
Kindred Hospital – Rahway   X
Matheny Medical and Educational Center   X
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center   X
The Memorial Hospital of Salem County   X
Monmouth Medical Center X  
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus X  
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center X  
Northbrook Behavioral Health Hospital   X
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset X  
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital X  
♦ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Rahway X  
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Hamilton X  
RWJ Barnabas Behavioral Health Center X  
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Center   X
Saint Barnabas Medical Center X  
Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital X  
Saint Clare’s Dover Hospital X  
Saint Clare’s Hospital – Boonton Township X  
Saint Michael’s Medical Center   X
Saint Peter’s University Hospital X  
♦ Salem Medical Center X  
Select Specialty Hospital – Northeast New Jersey   X
Shore Medical Center   X
Specialty Hospital of Central Jersey X  
St. Francis Medical Center   X
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center   X
St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital   X
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center   X
St. Luke’s Warren Campus X  
St. Mary’s General Hospital   X
Summit Oaks Hospital   X
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital X  
Trinitas Regional Medical Center   X
♦ University Hospital X  
Penn Medicine Princeton Health X  
VA New Jersey Health Care System – East Orange   X
VA New Jersey Health Care System – Lyons   X
The Valley Hospital X  
♦ Virtua Marlton  X  
♦ Virtua Memorial  X  
♦ Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes  X  
♦ Virtua Willingboro  X  
♦ Virtua Voorhees  X  
Weisman Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital   X
     
HOME CARE    
BAYADA X  

These data were obtained via a survey to all of the organizations and may have changed since the time of survey.