Nurse Academies

SBHCS is proud to provide three nurse academies with programming specifically designed to provide education, orientation, and consultation to Nurse Managers, Nurse Leaders and Nurse Educators.

Nurse Manager

• Pre-entry Level
  
• Charge Nurse Workshop
  This one-day course is intended for anyone who assumes the role of charge nurse regardless of whether this role is permanent. Content includes delegation; how to assign correctly; chain of command; legal issues; priority setting and managing your shift. The program concludes with case studies that allow participants to apply concepts discussed throughout the day to practical, realistic situations.(Contact hours provided)
  
  If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access a Charge Nurse Workshop via the Training Center, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).
  
  
  
• Entry Level
  
• Orientation Program -a newly revised and comprehensive program designed to orient and mentor new nurse managers and supervisors.
• Moving into Management: Building the Skills to Take You There - A two-day program that assists the direct-line unit manager to become a front-line supervior. The course allows for the participant to network with their System peers, increasing their resources and support.

  If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access the Moving into Management course, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).
  

• What You Need to Know About Competency; Self-Learning for Nurse Managers



If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access this course, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).

• Harvard ManageMentor® Plus - Common managerial challenges are offered via online programming. To obtain your approved username and password refer to your affiliate's Director of Education.
  
  
• Advanced Level
  

• Selected courses from the Nursing Leadership Academy (The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC). The curriculum portfolio is designed to provide a comprehensive basis for the continuing development of the nursing department's leadership rank.
• Best practice presentations
• Succession management planning

Nurse Educator

• Orientation Challenge- A half-day program designed to assist Nurse Educators/APNs to assess and improve the orientation process through an effective evaluation of Nursing orientees.

  If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access the Orientation Challenge, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).
  
  

• What You Need to Know About Competency; Self-Learning for Nurse Educators

  

  If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access this course, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).
  

Nurse Leadership Academies

• Selected courses from the Nursing Leadership Academy (The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC). The curriculum portfolio is designed to provide a comprehensive basis for the continuing development of the nursing department's leadership rank.
  
  
• Harvard ManageMentor® Plus - Common managerial challenges are offered via online programming. To obtain your approved username and password refer to your affiliate's Director of Education.

• Selected courses from the Training Institute. If you are currently an employee of Saint Barnabas Health Care System and would like to access these courses, click here to go to The Bridge (Intranet for SBHCS employees).

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