Nurse Residency Program at Brooks Rehabilitation

The Brooks Rehabilitation Transition to Practice Nursing Program, also known as the Nurse Residency, consists of an immersive learning experience for all newly licensed nurses. Our individualized program consists of classroom learning, precepted hands-on clinical skill development, simulation, field observations, mentorship, team building and more!

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Experiences Offered in the Residency

Shadow Experiences

Nursing residents will have a variety of unique shadow experiences with Brooks team members. Shadow experiences are in addition to the general orientation, residency classes and unit orientation with their preceptor. The experiences include:

• Wound care
• Respiratory
• Physical therapy (PT)
• Occupational therapy (OT)
• Speech therapy (SLP)
• Dietary
• Nursing Leadership
• Infection Prevention
• Home Care

Peer Mentor Program

The Brooks residency peer mentor program is designed to pair a new graduate with a nurse who completed the nursing residency program within the last few years. This is someone who can offer moral and emotional support who can relate to the experiences of the new graduate nurse.

The mentors are paired with the resident for 6 months to a year after their completion of their nursing residency. They meet regularly to provide additional support for the new graduate and participate in off-site activities for team building with other residents and mentors.

 Benefits of the Program

New graduate nurses who participate in the residency program gain additional skills and confidence to ensure their success as a new nurse.

Additionally Brooks provides tuition reimbursement for those who wish to continue their careers, clinical ladder to continue growth and development, preceptor courses to prepare nurses to orient new staff and mentorship classes for those who wish to mentor new graduate nurses.

Brooks benefits are competitive with regional organizations, provides retirement 403B matching and profit sharing.

Completing the Program

Once Residents finish the program, they have also completed their orientation and are ready to care for patients on the unit they trained for.

They also continue to have support from mentors and peer mentors.

Qualifications to Participate in the Residency

Qualifications include those who have successfully completed any accredited RN or LPN program and have less than 1 year of experience. Graduates can apply prior to successfully passing the NCLEX but cannot begin working as an RN or LPN prior to obtaining a license.

There are opportunities to work as a Nurse Tech while waiting for successful completion of the NCLEX.

How to Apply

The program is managed through Brooks Institute for Higher Learning. Interested nurses can apply of the program here.

Those interested can also apply to the New Graduate Nurse (RN) Jobs postings through the careers webpage.