Legacy Health R.N. Residency Program

Gain experience, judgement, skills and confidence

Legacy Health invests in our nurses by offering an evidence-based residency program for new graduate nurses. The Legacy Health RN Residency Program helps the new nurse gain the experience, judgement, skills and confidence they need to navigate the transition to professional nursing practice from academia. The program is an Accredited Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

About the program

Designed by nurses for nurses, this unique program prepares new graduate nurses by organizing and overseeing their transition to independent professional nursing practice. Clinical experts lead an initial immersion phase that combines didactic classroom instruction, hands-on skills labs and simulations; while experienced nurse preceptors guide new nurses through unit-based shifts.

• A Core Curriculum attended by all RN residents builds skills and knowledge in alignment with Legacy Health's Registered Nurse Core Competencies, modeled after the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice.
• Specialty Core Curricula provides focused education specific to specialty of hire, including current and emerging clinical guidelines and standards of practice.
• A minimum of 16 weeks of clinical experience led by experienced preceptors at the bedside.
• Routine debriefing sessions with trained facilitators provide a safe place to share experiences with other nurses in the program, through the first six months of hire.
• A mentor provides professional guidance for a full year. 
• Looping experiences provide exposure to other units and disciplines the RN resident will interface with as a RN.

Program requirements

• Nursing degree as required by licensure. BSN or degree in progress preferred.
• Less than one year of RN experience.
• Oregon or Washington RN license, as applicable, before the program’s start date.
• One-year employment commitment to the nursing department of hire

Specialty areas

As an RN resident, you will be hired into a specific unit at one of Legacy Health's medical centers or Unity Center for Behavioral Health. Units of hire are based on candidate preference, as well as available openings in the department. See the list of specialty areas that often participate in the program. 

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