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Orientation Programs
All new members of the Yale-New Haven Hospital nursing team enjoy a comprehensive orientation individualized to suit their specific learning needs. Designed by our Nurse Managers and Nursing Education Specialists, each orientation is competency-based, preceptor-based and criteria-based. The components of each program are chosen to ensure that - upon completion - every Yale-New Haven Hospital nurse has the knowledge, expertise and competency to provide exceptional care.Our nurses also enjoy the opportunity to participate in extended orientation programs for specific units. These programs have been developed to provide nurses with a dynamic educational environment offering the support and resources to develop the necessary skills to care for a unique patient population. These programs include:
- Medical/Surgical: 12-week Transition Program
- Labor and Birth: 12-week Internship Program
- Oncology: 12-week Transition Program
- Newborn ICU: 12-week Internship Program
- Intensive Care Unit/Emergency Department: 6-month Internship Program (for new graduate nurses only)
- Pediatric ICU: 6-month Internship Program (for new graduate nurses only)
- Pediatric ICU: 16-week Extended Orientation (for experienced RNs)
- Perioperative: 8-month Training Program