University of Maryland Medical System

UMMC includes a 789-bed downtown campus and a 177-bed midtown campus, with nearly 1,200 attending physicians who are faculty members at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and 900 residents and fellows across all medical specialties. For nursing professionals, UMMS offers a structured environment with a Nurse Residency Program and departmental orientation designed to onboard new nurses into the institution's care delivery and professional practice models. The organization emphasizes a values-driven culture and accountability to patients, families, and team members. As an academic medical center system, UMMS provides nurses with exposure to advanced clinical practice and specialty care, including the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center and The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. The partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine creates an environment of continuous learning and discovery. Nurses are expected to align with the institution's Service Standards and Nursing Mission, Vision, and Values, participating in activities that develop both individual practice and group practice goals at the unit level.

UMMS's mission and vision center on providing Marylanders 'a better state of care.' The organization's core values are Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity, and Integrity. UMMC specifically emphasizes a culture of professionalism, diversity, inclusion, and respect, using teamwork, communication, and collaboration to promote excellence in advancing their shared human service mission. The organization identifies culture as the single biggest driver of institutional success.