From Nursing Student to Obstetrical RN: An Extern Program for the New Graduate

Cannon, Kayla M.

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Title: From Nursing Student to Obstetrical RN: An Extern Program for the New Graduate

Longhorn Hall D (Gaylord Grapevine)

Kayla M. Cannon, BSN, RN, C-EFM , GYN/OB, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Tanesha L. Stokes, BSN, RN, C-EFM , GYN/OB, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Discipline: Obstetric (OB)

Learning Objectives:

List the logistics that must be considered when creating this position

List the benefits of this position

Identify requirements to be hired into RN-UAP position and job functions

Submission Description:

In 2008, Johns Hopkins Hospital created the Clinical Nurse Extern position, now RN –UAP, in response to a large number of nursing graduates (~ 1000) in the state of Maryland, and very limited open positions (~100) . At this time, new graduates were having a hard time finding jobs. As a leading teaching hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital felt they needed to take responsibility to create a transitional program for new nurses.

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From Nursing Student to Obstetrical RN: An Extern Program for the New Graduate