UMDNJ Nurse Residency Program Fall 2010

iamRN09 · Jul 1, 2010

Hi,

The program is what you make of it. Most of the certifications are just continuing education units/contact hours except of course ACLS and IV. We didn't really meet with our mentors every week but they were readily available if you wanted to. They don't check to see that you do the clinical hours, you mostly arrange that with the preceptor yourself and it's up to you to take the initiative to get what you want out of the program. I worked towards taking on a full patient load, other residents took no patients but just observed or performed procedures. I do wish we had done the case studies every week because I think it would have helped with our critical thinking but we only did those once. Mostly b/c they (educators) didn't bring it up and the other residents hadn't done them. Overall, It was very beneficial and I am getting job offers now...it had the intended result that I wanted. good luck but remember it is what you make of it.

coolatta19 · Jul 15, 2010

Thank you for the reply. Just a few more questions. Did UMDNJ make any job offers to the resident nurses? Is the application process competitive? How many in your class and were the hours flexible? Are night hours considered? Appreciate your help!

iamRN09 · Jul 21, 2010

no umdnj did not offer jobs to the residents. The program is through umdnj but the clinical hours are done at Jersey City Medical Center. Most of us got jobs there. There were 6 of us that started, 2 left midway between because they found jobs. and 4 of us got a position (2 pt, 1 ft, 1 perdiem) at JCMC. The application process wasn't that competitive for us but I hear they are adding an in person interview for the fall class, i can't imagine it'll be too hard, i think they are trying to see your personality. The hours are flexible although they are based on ur preceptor, i don't think anyone had nights. If they can find u a preceptor that works at night u can do it at night.