Tanner's Nurse Residency Program provides new nurses with the opportunity to accept a nursing position within Tanner Health System and pairs them with some of our most experienced nursing professionals.

Our nurse residents meet monthly for 12 months, supporting our newest licensed staff during the first year of employment. The program pairs hands-on training in a clinical setting with classroom instruction, online coursework, and mentoring from our nursing experts. A variety of topics and Tanner policies are discussed to help residents implement best practices for nursing. Cohorts begin in March and September. The Nursing Tech/Graduate RN performs basic nursing care and procedures under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.

Education
Associate Degree or 2 years of college coursework

Licenses & Certifications
*Healthcare Provider (CPR)

Qualifications
*Master, Bachelor, or Associate of Science in Nursing or graduate of approved diploma program. *Will verify degree within 6 weeks of conferment.
*Required to pass boards within 6 months of receiving MSN, BSN, ASN, or diploma. *BLS required within 30 days of hire.

Tanner Health is a non-profit regional healthcare provider serving west Georgia and east Alabama. Tanner facilities include the 201-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, the 40-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica, the 25-bed critical access Higgins General Hospital in Bremen, the 15-bed Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in Wedowee and the 92-bed behavioral health facility Willowbrooke at Tanner. Other Tanner services include Tanner Cancer Care, Tanner Heart Care, Tanner Urgent Care, Tanner Women’s Care, Tanner Occupational Health, Tanner Center for Sleep Disorders, Tanner Advanced Wound Center, Tanner Pain Management Center, Tanner Diagnostic Imaging, Tanner Home Health, Tanner Hospice Care and more. Tanner also operates Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups, consisting of 30 physician practices with specialties in cardiology and interventional cardiology, family medicine, general surgery and breast surgical oncology, infectious diseases, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, radiation oncology and vascular surgery. Tanner employs more than 4,500 people and offers a medical staff of more than 300 physicians representing 34 unique medical specialties practicing throughout west Georgia and east Alabama.

Nurse Residency

Nurse Residency

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