TriHealth has many structures and processes in place that allows your professional practice to flourish. Professional development enhances professionalism by creating a work environment where professional practice and nurse autonomy are valued and supported. We offer many opportunities for professional development.
Your transition to practice at TriHealth is important to us. We offer a formal Clinical Coach Program that is designed to foster a welcoming atmosphere for newly graduated nurses and newly-hired nurses, to promote learning, acceptance, and a sense of belonging. The clinical coaches and unit educators are responsible for the assessment of learning needs, identification of goals and the implementation of an orientation plan.
TriHealth has also partnered with Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program™ to support our new graduate and newly licensed registered nurses, as they enter into practice in the acute care setting. Our year-long program focuses on professional development, using an evidence-based curriculum designed to build confidence, improve critical thinking, reinforce evidence-based practice, and strengthen skills needed to lead patient care at the bedside. Each month our participants (also known as nurse residents) attend a four-hour seminar, led by content experts that facilitate a positive and engaging learning environment to ensure team members possess the knowledge skills and abilities to be successful and engaged in the nursing profession.
TriHealth has a strong affinity for education and has many existing affiliations with colleges and universities. To encourage continuing education related to career opportunities at TriHealth, standard full-time and part-time employees may apply for tuition reimbursement up to the established maximum based on employment status. In addition, TriHealth offers cohort programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees. These programs are offered with very limited cost to the nurse. We offer new enrollment classes annually at various schools.
TriHealth believes that patients, families, employers and nurses all benefit from certification. Certification provides patients and their families with validation that the nurse caring for them has demonstrated experience and knowledge in their specialty area. TriHealth participates in many specialty certification programs that allow the test taker two attempts to pass at no cost to them. These programs include ANCC Success Pays, AMSN Fail Safe, ONCB Retest for Success and ONCC Free Take. If your specialty certification is not part of one of these programs, we have a regular pre-payment or reimbursement process through corporate nursing.
The Clinical Ladder Program offers career alternatives for staff nurses in a direct caregiver role who seek professional growth and advancement. It provides the opportunity to reward and recognize excellence in nursing practice. The purpose of the Clinical Ladder Program at TriHealth is to: provide a structured process that acknowledges the nurse who strives for continuous improvement in nursing practice; recognize and reward the nurse for demonstrating clinical excellence; and to promote excellence in nursing practice thus enhancing quality patient care. TriHealth’s Clinical Ladder Program has four levels and you start at level one when you are hired. You have the opportunity to advance to higher levels through an application process. You must be in a direct caregiver registered nurse role at TriHealth for one full year before you are eligible for advancement.
Nursing professional organizations can accomplish incredible feats through networking, connecting, and actively engaging the nurses who strive to make improvements in the profession of nursing. TriHealth’s Professional Organization Liaison Program supports active involvement in professional organizations. Every nursing unit has the opportunity to participate in the program. The unit pays the cost of membership and in return that liaison remains actively involved by attending meetings, reading newsletters and journals, and attending the conference if able. The liaison brings valuable information back to the unit and shares during staff meetings.
As a TriHealth employee, it is possible to fulfill all of your continuing education requirements for your Ohio license free of charge. TriHealth’s LEARN (Learning Effectiveness and Resource Network) system is a virtual learning environment that offers team members unlimited access to online interactive courses for professional development and continuing education. LEARN offers both online web-based training courses and onsite classes. TriHealth also has a Continuing Education (CE) Center. Here you will have unlimited access to over 2,000 independent online study activities. These programs are free of charge to TriHealth employees. In addition, the Nursing Grand Rounds Committee plans and develops two programs each year that highlights significant and relevant practice issues for nurses. Contact hours are offered for these programs as well.
TriHealth believes that all nurses need to be involved in improving the quality of patient care. This can be accomplished by completing research, evidence based practice projects and quality improvement projects. At TriHealth new knowledge, innovations, and improvements are both valued and expected. To assist with this, TriHealth has a full time Nurse Researcher that will mentor you during your project. Additionally, the nurse researcher will assist you with disseminating your findings and will encourage publication if the findings are relevant.