Nursing in Arizona

Nursing Graduate Support Program
Overview

The Nursing Graduate Support Program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona is a yearlong program that assists you, as a new graduate nurse, in successfully:

• Preparing for and passing the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
• Becoming a licensed registered nurse in the state of Arizona
• Transitioning from a new graduate to a fully competent, professional nurse

Nursing Graduate Support Program 2011 graduating class

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This support program provides a collaborative learning environment in which you have the opportunity to refine your nursing skills, enhance your knowledge, and develop new personal and professional relationships.

Two full-time nursing educational specialists are dedicated to leading the Nursing Graduate Support Program, which uses an educational design that takes a comprehensive and innovative approach to learning. These program leaders work collaboratively with nurse managers, supervisors, unit-based educators and other nursing colleagues at Mayo Clinic to foster and support your professional growth.

We invite you to begin your nursing career in the Nursing Graduate Support Program at Mayo Clinic.

Nursing at Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic nursing vision is to provide nursing care through evidence-based practice, education and research.

This vision is supported by living the Mayo Clinic nursing mission, in which Mayo nurses:

• Deliver healing care for every patient every day, enhanced by relationships based on effective communication, collaboration and mutual respect
• Provide educational opportunities in clinical nursing and professional development for nursing staff, affiliated students and faculty, as well as regional, national and international nursing colleagues
• Improve patient care and advance the discipline of nursing through theory-driven research and by incorporating findings into practice

As part of the Nursing Graduate Support Program at Mayo Clinic, you — as a new nurse — can become part of this vision.

Questions

If you have questions about the Nursing Graduate Support Program, please contact the Clinical and Patient Education Office at 480-342-1143 or by email today.