Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Week 2025

About this episode

This episode celebrates Nursing Professional Development Week by discussing effective nurse residency programs and retention strategies with insights from two partner organizations.

What makes nurse residency programs truly effective? In this episode, we celebrate Nursing Professional Development Week by highlighting how two partner organizations—Mary Greeley Medical Center and UnityPoint Health Trinity—have customized the Iowa Online Nurse Residency Program to better support new nurses. Paige Vance shares how guest speakers and targeted skills stations boosted retention from 75% to 90%. Brian Bedoun, a former residency "dropout" turned coordinator, emphasizes interacti...

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Weathers

Guests: Paige Vance, Brian Bedoun

Topics covered

• nurse residency programs
• nursing professional development
• retention strategies
• healthcare education
• new nurses support

Keywords

• nurse residency
• nursing development
• retention rates
• healthcare
• new nurses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mary Greeley Medical Center, UnityPoint Health Trinity, Iowa Online Nurse Residency Program

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