Thanks to a legacy estate gift, Centra’s Nurse Residency Program continues to grow, which will benefit patients and Caregivers well into the future. Program goals include enhanced satisfaction for patients, increased nurse retention and continuous improvement. In its second year, and with donor support, leaders were able to tailor the program more closely to needs, increase retention and help residents learn how to best care for people in our communities.
When new nurse residents gathered in August, they explored how the work they do every day impacts the health of our community and ways they can improve care for different populations.
The training is just one way the expanding Nurse Residency Program, supported by a legacy estate gift made at the end of the last decade, gives a nurse ample support to make the leap from new graduate to confident and compassionate Caregiver. The program includes extensive mentoring, hands-on experiences and more.
It has received rave reviews from residents.
“The program gave me the support I needed to grow and develop from a student fresh out of school into the confident nurse I am now,” said Emma Raugh, RN. “I was connected to preceptors and educational opportunities that provided insight and encouragement.”
Tabitha Trent, RN, agreed. “It helped me find my home in Centra,” she said. “I was able to find a place that gives me joy. I am proud to be a part of Centra and I look forward to being a longtime member of this team.”
The bequest, made at the end of the last decade, continues the legacy of Lynchburg orthopedic surgeon Robert Richardson Bowen, MD, and his wife, Rebecca Peebles Bowen, passionate supporters of local healthcare and health education.