RN Residency Programs in Michigan

Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center

• The duration of Oakwood's nurse residency program is one year. During this year, the RN resident learns to become a professional nurse. She doesn't go it alone, however. Rather, a qualified and experience nurse mentors her. The new RN gets a chance to watch, learn and experience nursing with the seasoned nurse; the supervisor shows the resident how to gain confidence and settle into her new role as a nurse through making rounds, learning to dispense medicine, caring for patients and tending to their needs, as well as other duties.

  Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center
  18101 Oakwood Blvd
  PO Box 2500
  Dearborn, MI 48124
  313-593-7000
  800-543-9355
  http://www.oakwood.org/?id=1665&sid=10

St. Joseph Mercy Health System

• The one-year RN residency at St. Joseph Mercy Health System is designed to turn student nurses into competent and confident RNs who are able to interact with and meet the needs of their patients. For eight weeks, the residents learn from one of the staff nurses, after which time they're required to take and pass their board exam. After the exam and acceptance into St. Joseph's residency, the RN enters a 10-month residency program with full benefits.

  St. Joseph Mercy Health System is a network of hospitals in Michigan. The residency program may be at any of their facilities depending on the RN's area of study. The sites are: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, St. Mary Mercy Livonia, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron, Chelsea Community Hospital, and St. Joseph Mercy Saline.

  St. Joseph Mercy Health System
  734-712-3456
  800-231-2211.
  http://www.sjmercyhealth.org/body.cfm?id=1647

Sparrow Health System

• According to Sparrow Health System, their 12-week residency program is unique, because it gives new RNs the opportunity to work in different specialties throughout the hospital. This gives the resident a chance to decide which unit best suits his personality and temperament before becoming a full-time staff member. During the residency, the RN engages in an array of exciting activities such as classes, meetings and support groups.

  Sparrow Health System
  Human Resources, Suite 235
  Attn: Sara Smith, Recruiter
  1200 E. Michigan Ave.
  P.O. Box 30480
  Lansing, MI 48909-7980
  517-364-1000
  800-SPARROW
  http://www.sparrow.org/humanresources/Nurse~res.asp