RWJ Somerset

Nurses here chart in Epic, use HRO safety habits, and show up on practice councils, QI teams, policy committees, and facility planning. The campus care model is described in line with Magnet tenets, and the hospital has posted a gold healthy-workplace recognition plus repeat nursing-excellence recognition. If you are new to practice, RWJBarnabas Health runs a one-year New Graduate RN Residency—PTAP accredited with distinction—with cohorts in March, June, September, and December on day or night shifts. You hire into a specialty area, work beside a staff RN preceptor, and keep mentorship and group meetings going all year. Tracks can include Med/Surg, Telemetry, ICU, ED, L&D, OR, NICU, Pediatrics, Mother/Baby, or Behavioral Health, depending on the site. Residency pay across the system has been listed near $48.29–$49.53 an hour. On the Rapid Decision Unit inside the ED, the work is evaluating patients who still need testing before anyone decides on admission. That RN posting is nights, 36 hours a week, every other weekend, with a stated range of about $45.55–$61.17 an hour, ASN or diploma plus ED or med-surg telemetry experience, and a BSN preferred or within five years. Labor life here has shifted: the campus was long called non-union, and nurses have since ratified a first contract. Outside the doors, Somerville is a small county seat with a busy Main Street and a roughly one-hour path into New York City.

Care model described as consistent with Magnet tenets; nurses use HRO safety strategies and join practice councils, QI teams, and policy work.