Professional Development

The Career Advancement for RN Excellence (CARE)

This program at MetroHealth gives staff nurses the opportunity to develop new skills in education, management, research or quality and grow professionally as a registered nurse. This program allows us to expand our nurses’ skill set, attract and retain outstanding nurses, and provide high quality nursing care. As a Magnet facility, we are recognized among the elite institutions and the CARE program has been instrumental in obtaining and maintaining this elite status. In fact, the MetroHealth CARE Program was recognized as an Exemplar for Mentoring & Succession Planning during our 3rd Magnet Designation Review.

There are three different track options: Education, Management, & Champion.

The Education Track is dedicated to developing nurses as Preceptors or Educators in their clinical practice area.
The Management Track is designed to enhance the leadership skills of the nurse through the Patient Care Coordinator role, managing schedules, patient assignments and other nurse management tasks. The Management track also offers the role of Quality Improvement Facilitator which allows staff nurses to become actively engaged in quality initiatives through data analysis of nursing quality indicators and development of effective performance improvement projects.
The Champion Track allows staff nurses to become educated on and develop projects surrounding various clinical indicators such as Falls Prevention, Infection Prevention, Skin Care, Restraint Usage, Research, and Patient Experience.

CSU/MetroHealth Blended MSN Program

Are you interested in returning to school for your MSN, but unsure about the online learning environment? This program uses a blended delivery approach (face-to-face and online delivery of course work). Click for highlights of the CSU School of Nursing MSN Degree program.

Nurse Residency Transition to Practice Program

This is a formal structured program to give you an opportunity as a recent nurse graduate to move confidently into your chosen career path.

The opportunities and the unique programs in nursing make MetroHealth a great place to start your career. MetroHealth believes in empowering clinical nurses to make decisions about how nursing care is delivered. MetroHealth promotes interprofessional collaboration and as a MetroHealth Nurse, you would be working with a team whose professional talents, contributions and dedication are unsurpassed.

The Nurse Residency Program is designed to assist in your transition from new graduate registered nurses to successful, competent staff nurses. There are planned opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and professional career in the simulation lab and on your clinical unit or clinic. You will work with nurses who know and apply best practices to patient care. The Nursing Professional Development Specialists will support your success by guiding your professional growth and development.

Our program is the cornerstone for developing confident professional nurses who demonstrate values intrinsic to MetroHealth. With this background, you will have tools to generate outstanding practice modalities for years to come!

MetroHealth System Nurse Residency Transition to Practice is accredited with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Simulation laboratory experience used for skills acquisition and scenario-based multidisciplinary sessions to address specific patient populations.
Experiences on the graduate nurse’s clinical unit with the guidance of dedicated trained preceptors.
Preceptors selected and educated in staff development, goal planning and professionalism
Specialty core educational courses designed to develop competence in clinical nursing as you transition from novice to competent practitioner.
Professional Development classes designed to promote additional opportunity for networking and meeting the unique needs of new graduates.

Topics Include

Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Professional Development
Evidence Based Practice
Cultural Integration
Communication
Advancement Opportunities

Nurse Intern Program

MetroHealth is dedicated to developing future nurses through the Nurse Intern position. These unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) are responsible for providing infant through adult patient care under the direction of a professional registered nurse. They provide general patient care by distributing nourishment, obtaining vital signs, collecting specimens, and assisting with activities of daily living.

Nursing Department Shadowing

As part of our mission, vision, and STAR-IQ (service to others, teamwork, accountability, respect, inclusion and diversity, and quest for excellence) values we would like to help cultivate the impressionable minds of our community’s youth by increasing their exposure to the nursing profession.

College Shadowing

Are you currently enrolled in a college program pursuing a degree and considering nursing? We welcome you to come shadow at our Main Campus for a four-hour experience in a department of your interest.

“This was an amazing experience! I have always had a special place in my heart for Metro and was leaning towards employing here as a nurse after I graduate. I have had opportunities elsewhere and been doing a lot of thinking but this experience and the interaction I have had with every staff member along the way has really sealed the deal. I have my sights set firmly on employment here in the near future.”

Nursing Career Exploration Program (NCEP)

A unique opportunity for high school students aged 16 years old and older who exhibit an interest in the nursing field. We welcome you to a day of shadowing during which each student will have the chance to shadow two different units. This program is offered once a month; see the dates for 2024 below.

“I had an absolute blast. This was one of my favorite experiences and I’m so in love with the hospital and structure.”

June 21, 2024
July 19, 2024
August 16, 2024
September 20, 2024
October 18, 2024
November 15, 2024
December 13, 2024

For any questions or interest regarding the above programs, please email [email protected].