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The WellStar Scholars Educational Loan Program pays costs related to tuition, required books, uniforms and supplies. The loan amount is forgiven over a period of time, based on a work commitment agreement within one of the WellStar hospitals.
The WellStar Educational Scholarship Program provides funds without work commitment agreements. Through the WellStar foundation Scholarship endowment fund, $28,000 was awarded during Fiscal Year 2009.
Our System also has student affiliation agreements with several ultrasound, mammography, MRI and CT programs, as well as a Revamped Tuition Reimbursement Policy.
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| WellStar RN Residency Program |
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WellStar's RN Residency Program is an evidence-based education and training program designed to support and transition newly graduated nurses from the academic setting to the professional role of nursing. The program provides a gradual, well-rounded entry into the realm of nursing practice with an emphasis on expanded learning and professional development.
RN Residency Program Objectives
- Strengthen the newly graduated nurse's commitment to nursing as a profession, and to WellStar as an organization
- Promote the development of competencies and skills related to clinical judgment, communication, delegation and leadership, to enhance patient care at the bedside
- Facilitate the incorporation of evidence-based practice into daily nursing care, to ensure positive patient outcomes
- Provide guidance, mentoring and peer support to newly graduated nurses
The RN Residency program enhances WellStar's current nursing orientation process, through a comprehensive system approach that provides new nurses with the education, training and support they need to progress from a novice to an advanced-beginner competency level.
The structured curriculum focuses on core content such as critical thinking, patient safety and minimizing risk, leadership, communication, evidence-based practice and professional development.
Learn more about our New Grad Program, click here.
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| Specialty Fellowship Curriculum |
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Specialty fellowships are for newly graduated nurses and/or established nurses who want to transition into a new specialty area. Fellowships are provided for various nursing specialty areas throughout the WellStar system, including: medical/surgical, critical care, and emergency services.
Specialty fellowship classes coincide with the RN Residency Program and are intertwined within the RN Residency core curriculum. Blended learning methods such as lectures, case studies, critical thinking scenarios and patient simulation exercises are used in the curriculum delivery.
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| Performance Based Development System |
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As part of WellStar's commitment to continuous development for our nursing and other professionals, our Performance Based Development System (PBDS) is a follow-up reassessment to the PBDS baseline assessment completed by RNs and LPNs during the initial Patient Care Orientation.
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| Clinical Advancement Program |
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Based on Patricia Benner's model of professional nursing development and skill acquisition, the Clinical Advancement Program is an essential element of WellStar's supports for the growth, development, recognition and retention of our stellar nurses.
Nurses pursuing career advancement opportunities at WellStar may choose from a variety of categories within each of the four levels of the program. Activities within each category are assigned points, depending on the degree of participation and/or time required to achieve those points.
All activities/projects must align with WellStar goals, mission and vision and be approved prior to initiation. Activities/projects must also occur within the defined application date range prior to portfolio submission.
May Submission: May 1st of prior year to April 30th of current year November Submission: November 1st of prior year to October 31st of current year
For complete details on the Clinical Advancement Program at WellStar, including prerequisites, baseline requirements and the point system for advancement, download a PDF about the program now.
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| Simulation Lab Training |
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Our clinicians are able to practice numerous interventions and engage interactively with high-fidelity mannequins, who can move, talk, make lung and heart sounds, and simulate virtually any type of clinical experience – from emergency room situations to surgery, heart attacks, births, allergic reactions and much more. The result is a perfect balance of safety, education and the replication of a real-world clinical environment.
The first center of its kind in a non-academic health system in Georgia, WellStar's Advanced Patient Simulation Center supports greater nursing training and career advancement opportunities. The Center is able to simulate virtually any type of clinical experience, through the use of training modules featuring high-fidelity mannequins, who can move, talk, make lung and heart sounds, including:
- Gaumard HAL - Adult Male Simulator
- Gaumard Noelle - Female Birthing Simulator
- METI Human Patient Simulator - Adult Male Simulator
- METI iStan – Coming Soon!
For more information about our state-of-the-art Simulation Lab Training, click here.
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