Tagged: nursing

Health Care
5:13 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Nursing Residency Program Launches for Unemployed Nurses

Credit Kristin Gourlay / RIPR
Rhode Island College nursing students gain practice during a simulation

A new program has launched to help place new and unemployed nurses in health care facilities statewide for up to nine-month-long paid residencies. It's expected to start with 20 nurses and expand to 40 by the second year, with the first placements beginning this fall.

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The Pulse
12:00 am
Thu October 4, 2012

RI nursing ed in spotlight, plus: cutting the cord too soon?

The University of Rhode Island’s nursing school announced today that it has won $3.8M in federal grants – a huge number for a small school, and for nursing, at that. You can read more about those grants in our news coverage here and see URI’s press release here.

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