Career Development
St. Francis Hospital provides its nursing staff with ongoing formal education programs that develop clinical expertise, leadership skills and opportunities for career advancement within the organization, such as:
- Fundamentals of Critical Care Course
- Ongoing continuing education
- On-site BLS/ACLS/PALS classes
- BSN/MSN Cohort Programs
- Preceptor classes
- New Manager Orientation
- Essential Management Skills Workshops
Clinical Practice Opportunities
St. Francis Hospital nurses can concentrate their practice in one or more of the following clinical areas:
Medical/Surgical/Telemetry/Nursing
Critical Care Nursing
Emergency Department
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Preoperative Nursing
- Operating Rooms (cardiac, vascular, orthopedic, robotic, general surgery)
- PACU
- Endoscopy
Diagnostic
- Radiology
- Non-Invasive
- Electrophysiology
Women's Center
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Congestive Heart Failure Program
- Research
Care Management/Performance Improvement
- Care Manager
- Performance Improvement
- Appeals Managers
- Clinical Documentation
- Legal Department
- Risk Management
Nursing Education/Advance Practice Nursing
- Nurse Educator
- Patient Educator
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- OR Educator
- Nurse Practitioner
