Becker's Healthcare April 26, 2023
A nursing education program invented at Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System is showing promising signs, its creators told The Baltimore Banner.
The initiative pairs nursing students with hospital nurses for 12 weeks — a diversion from the usual practice of pairing students up with instructors who don’t normally work at the hospitals. The new model is twofold: It introduces working hospital nurses to clinical mentorship opportunities and works to better prepare prospective nurses.
More than two dozen other schools have considered adopting the program, Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of the system, told Becker’s in March.
Twelve numbers on the program and the state’s employment...
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