Specialty availability is dependent on unit need and preceptor availability. Please check the residency posting on the Northern Arizona Healthcare careers webpage for the most current information on specialty offerings.
For each specialty, trainees are assessed for practice readiness on an individual basis. Transition to practice will be determined by factors such as time management, resource utilization, delegation, critical thinking development, communication and ability to practice safely.
Throughout orientation, the nurse resident will be supported by their unit manager, unit-based nurse education specialist, preceptor and residency coordinator. Their assigned educator will schedule check-ins bi-weekly (at minimum) throughout training, to provide support and ensure clinical progress of the nurse resident.
Emergency Department
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center & Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 16-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Emergency Nursing Orientation (ENO) by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Intensive Care Unit
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center & Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 16-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Labor & Delivery
- Location offered: Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 16-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Medical-Surgical-Telemetry (MST)
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center & Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 8-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Operating Room
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center & Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 20-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Periop 101: A Core Curriculum by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Pediatrics/PICU
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center
- Program length: 16-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Postpartum
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center
- Program length: 12-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Pre-Op/PACU
- Location offered: Verde Valley Medical Center
- Program length: 16-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Progressive Care Unit
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center
- Program length: 12-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Special Care Nursery (SCN)
- Location offered: Flagstaff Medical Center
- Program length: 20-week minimum
- E-learning platform: Neonatal Orientation and Education Program (NOEP) by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Contact us
For any questions, reach out to a Nurse Residency Coordinator.
Elena Bermudez, Verde Valley Medical Center Nurse Residency Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Caitlin Boren, Flagstaff Medical Center Nurse Residency Coordinator
Email: [email protected]