2025 Nurse Residency
Program

You worked hard and your future is bright.

Our nurse residency can help you reach your full nursing potential.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Nurse Residency Program provides a structured orientation experience that allows new ADN, BSN, and MSN nurses with less than one year of clinical experience to begin their nursing career with confidence.

During their first few months of employment, Nurse Residents participate in a variety of sessions designed to strengthen their assessment, critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and technical skills in a safe learning environment.

Our program incorporates several methods of adult learning and emphasizes the development of clinical and leadership skills during the transition from student nurse to acute care professional nurse.

To learn more about our Nurse Residency program, please fill out the form below.

Residency activities include:

  • Clinical experiences with a preceptor.
  • Simulation in our Patient Safety Training Center.
  • Competency and skills assessment and verification.
  • Orientation to the electronic health record, eD-H.
  • Patient care skills labs that provide hands-on experience with equipment.
  • eLearning modules.
  • Lively discussions on clinical topics and situations.
  • Exposure to the many specialty areas available to Dartmouth Hitchcock 
Medical Center nurses.
  • Information about the community Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center serves, and the advantages of living and working in our community.
  • Details on available professional and personal development resources.

We are proud to play an important role in developing and educating the next generation of nursing professionals.

Hear from our nurses in their own words