Ongoing professional development and learning opportunities are essential to a successful nursing career.
Through innovative, evidence-informed and theory-guided teaching, we provide our nurses with the opportunities to advance their practice and engage in lifelong learning.
At BWH, there are a variety of ways for nurses to engage in programs that advance their practice. These include:
- Workshops
- Coaching in the clinical setting
- e-learning strategies
- Team simulation
- Lectures, including Nursing Grand Rounds
- Conferences sponsored by professional and specialty organizations
- Opportunities to work with senior nurse scientists to support nursing research and scholarship
- Mentors program
- Nursing Orientation Program for newly hired nurses
- Newly Licensed Nurse Orientation Program for new nurses to receive coaching, peer support and additional resources during the first year of practice
- Degree and certificate programs with funds for tuition reimbursement
- Continuing education programs on the following topics: charge and preceptor roles, basic dysrhythmia, psychological safety and conscious sedation
