We strive to build a culture of learning, engagement and inclusion in which our nurses feel supported and empowered, both personally and professionally.
Growing Your Career
UVM Health is invested in the success of our nursing staff. We offer many ways for you to continually learn and grow, whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out in the nursing field. You’ll find encouragement and support at all levels of the organization, meaning you’ll be supported in practicing at the top of your license and given the resources you need to achieve your career goals.
We believe that the best leaders are developed from within our current workforce. We offer ongoing professional development opportunities to existing and emerging nurse leaders to help you grow, allowing you to learn and share best practices from colleagues from across our health system.
Our Nursing Professional Development Specialists are here to support you in reaching your career goals. Your NPDS is available to share resources, give you access to continuing education opportunities, help you develop and maintain clinical competencies, and create a career plan to help you grow both personally and professionally.
UVM Health’s career development programs, such as the Center for Workforce Development, provide educational opportunities to help you grow in your chosen field.
- LNA Training Program: If you have no medical background and are looking to enter the nursing field, this five-week program is the quickest way to jump start your new career as a licensed nurse assistant (LNA).
- LPN Pathway Program: Our licensed practical nursing (LPN) pathway program gives you the opportunity to earn a new credential while continuing to work as a UVM Health LNA. We offer free tuition through Vermont State University, paid study hours, tutoring support and more.
- RN Program: Our registered nurse (RN) pathway program gives LPNs at UVM Health a pathway to RN licensure. Earn your degree at Vermont State University at no cost to you, while continuing to work full-time at UVM Health.
PTAP accreditation is considered the gold standard for nurse residency programs around the world. We offer the following programs at our partner hospitals:
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital: Designed for new graduates entering the workforce to help you gain hands-on nursing experience. Residencies are nine months long, with six program start dates throughout the year.
Nurse residency programs across our health partners are designed to provide new nurses with the knowledge, skills, and critical behaviors needed to be successful starting their new career. Newly graduated nurses will engage with experienced nurses, nurse educators and subject matter experts in a series of classes, hands on skills sessions and precepted clinical experiences.
Learn more about current offerings at our health care partners
Nurse Education
UVM Health is dedicated to enhancing the quality of nursing care by supporting our nursing staff in assessing their learning needs and providing various tools and opportunities to improve their knowledge and skills. Our educational activities follow the Nursing Professional Development Standards set by the American Nurses Association.
We offer nurses opportunities to acquire new knowledge, skills and behaviors in response to advancing technologies, evolving health care systems, expanding nursing roles and ongoing research. These opportunities include orientation, continuing education, in-services, coaching and consulting.
Nurses can access a variety of opportunities to continue their education:
- Nursing Grand Rounds
- Critical care internship program
- Perioperative nursing course
- Graduate nurse internship
- EKG Interpretation Workshop
- Core content programs in nursing specialty areas
- Preceptor workshop
- Student nurse extern program
