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Registered nurse Erin Morris wanted to work in a hospital, but she didn\u2019t have the experience to get her foot in the door despite having a bachelor\u2019s in nursing. After moving to northern Colorado and spending three months applying for jobs, she was hired by a long-term-care facility in Loveland.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, a new grad without hospital experience struggles to get on [at a hospital],\u201d she said. \u201cI found a lot of my fellow graduates were experiencing the same thing and had to start in long-term care and acute rehab settings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Registered nurse Erin Morris was offered an opportunity to transition from working in long-term care to an acute-care position with UCHealth as part of the system’s Transition to Acute Care Practice program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And after working two years in a nursing home, she still found hospitals wanted her to have hospital experience. But then she came across UCHealth\u2019s Transition to Acute Care Practice (TACP)\u00a0program, and her qualifications were perfect for the new program.<\/p>\n

Morris was part of\u00a0UCHealth Northern Colorado’s\u00a0first cohort to go through the program, which provides nurses outside the hospital setting with the skills necessary to work in acute care, with the end result of a hospital job, said Jody DeStigter, education nurse specialist with UCHealth\u2019s Clinical Education and Innovation Center (CEIC)\u00a0in Windsor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is a great opportunity for nurses to follow their passion into acute care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

TACP first originated at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, DeStigter said. And because of its success, the first cohort of five students started Aug. 31 with the program in northern Colorado.<\/p>\n

Participants go through mandatory UCHealth orientation, and then spend a week in skills labs at the CEIC learning more acute care techniques, such as using pumps and chest tubes \u2014 skills they\u2019ll use on the floor but might not have used in a long-term health care setting. Each nurse then moves onto the floor for a two-month orientation with either PVH\u2019s or Medical Center of the Rockies\u2019 Medical Services unit. During that time, the group also meets with DeStigter to go over issues that may have come up doing their floor orientation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tackle their concerns, and I talk with their unit managers to see what we may need to review,\u201d DeStigter said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a nice way for them to get together and share their experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morris said it\u2019s nice knowing she has a support team as she takes on her new and different responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have that extra buddy on the floor,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are both new but with nursing experience, so it\u2019s just that extra support system that\u2019s nice when you are transitioning to a new job and a new setting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, Medical Services is the only department participating in the program. Morris and one other program participant are working at PVH, while the other three are at MCR.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to pilot it in only one unit first to see if we had an effective program,\u201d DeStigter said. \u201cWith the next cohort in January, we plan to expand to all acute-care areas that want to have the TACP nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morris said the program has helped immensely with her transition into acute care. \u201cIt\u2019s a big jump from long-term care to the hospital,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I feel my long-term care comes in handy as far as bedside manner. That experience shines through when dealing with the patients and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morris said she hopes the program continues, for the sake of others like her. \u201cI think it\u2019s very beneficial,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are nurses out there who want to be in the hospital but feel like I did \u2014 stuck \u2014 and this is a great opportunity for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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