Nursing affiliations and rn residency programs | veterans affairs

We provide a wide range of nursing trainee programs, including undergraduate, graduate and residency programs. All placements will be coordinated and managed by VA Boston Nursing

Affiliations Staff. DO NOT seek your own placement by contacting staff directly. The Nursing Affiliations Program also oversees other nursing initiatives, such as the Northeast Region VA

Nursing Alliance (NERVANA), Colloquia Series: Care of the American Veteran, the Education Series: Growing as a Mentor, as well as the Post‐Baccalaureate Nurse Residency Trainee program, the

Transition‐To‐Practice RN Residency program, and the Designated Educational Units at the Brockton and West Roxbury campuses. POST-BACCALAUREATE REGISTERED NURSE RESIDENCY (PB-RNR) PROGRAM VA

Boston Healthcare System’s Post-Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Residency (PB-RNR) Program has been developed to improve the quality of patient care by providing additional training and

support to new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates. This is a very competitive 12-month training program that incorporates a clinical, didactic and evidence-based practice

curriculum. Immediate supervisor is the Program Director and clinical supervision is by qualified preceptors; a mentor is also assigned by the program director. This training program is

funded by the Veteran Health Administration's Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA). Upon completion, graduates are encouraged to apply for VA positions. The federally funded

Post-Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Residency Trainee Program at the VA Boston Healthcare System is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750,

Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. RN TRANSITION TO PRACTICE (TTP) EMPLOYEE RESIDENCY PROGRAM The RN Transition to Practice (RNTTP) Residency Program was developed to assist with transition

of the newly graduate nurse from academia to practice and to improve the quality of patient care by providing additional training and support to the recent nursing graduate. Nurse residency

programs are now considered a benchmark of nursing practice. The Registered Nurse Transition to Practice Employee Residency Program at the VA Boston Healthcare System is accredited by the

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. ​Research has shown that new RN graduates who complete a RN residency program

benefit from: increased competence and organizational skills, use of evidence-based practice, improved communications, improved critical thinking, improved clinical confidence, leadership

and positive “socialization” with other professionals.