Orientation

Orientation and Career Development

Starting with new employee orientation, nurses working at St. Francis Hospital have many opportunities to learn and grow as professionals throughout their careers.

General Hospital Orientation

Within the first weeks of employment at St. Francis is nurses are required to attend a General Hospital Orientation with other new St. Francis employees. This orientation is designed to welcome new employees and present information about the hospital history, mission, benefits and patient-centered culture.

Nursing Orientation

At St. Francis, we provide a comprehensive and individualized nursing orientation for all of our nursing staff. Orientation begins in the classroom and is provided by expert Nurse Educators. All patient care units have qualified preceptors and our Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Educators guide the clinical orientation process. Our preceptors are nurses who have demonstrated clinical expertise in their area of specialty and attended formal preceptor classes every two years to maintain that status.

St. Francis nurses have all the support and resources they need to acclimate to their important role in our organization. We provide many support services for our nursing staff, which include Assistant Nursing Care Coordinators who are not scheduled to take a patient assignment, Clinical Nurse Specialists, unit-based Pharmacists, Night Educators, and Care Managers. All of these disciplines assist our new staff in their orientation and throughout their professional careers.