NSPIRE Graduate Nurse - Multiple Locations
Edison, New Jersey
The Nurses Practicing in an Immersive Readiness Environment (NSPIRE) program is a PRE-NCLEX position tailored for newly graduated nurses from an accredited institution to complete a twelve week practice immersion curriculum before transitioning to a twelve month nurse residency program.
Posted Sep 11 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Rotating
- Unit and setting
- NSPIRE Program · Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, 12-month residency
- Education
- newly graduated nurse from an accredited institution
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Edison staff RN postingsEdison staff RN postings that state pay run $42/hr to $46/hr, the middle half $45/hr to $46/hr, across 31 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
Benefits
- Benefitstuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
- Benefitsretirement benefitsretirement benefits
- health
- dental
- vision
- paid leave
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- complete clinical immersions, shadow, and be exposed to clinical environments
- Day to day
- practice selected skills with limited patient interaction
- Day to day
- perform competency-based skills across immersion opportunities The Nurse Apprentice will be exposed to a variety of immersion opportunities to perform competency-based skills.
- Day to day
- attend skill labs and simulation labs
- Day to day
- synthesize components of assessment
- Day to day
- attend hospital-wide committee meetings
- Day to day
- adhere to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- 12-month residency
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
Posted on HMH Hospitals Corporation’s careers page.
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The Nurses Practicing in an Immersive Readiness Environment (NSPIRE) program is a PRE-NCLEX position tailored for newly graduated nurses from an accredited institution to complete a twelve week practice immersion curriculum before transitioning to a twelve month nurse residency program. The Nurse Apprentice NSPIRE, will complete clinical immersions, shadow and be exposed to the clinical environments in which they will work as a Registered Nurse upon successfully passing the NCLEX exam. As part of this structured program, the Nurse Apprentice will be immersed in an environment to observe the skills and components of being part of the healthcare team.
While there will be limited patient interaction, the Nurse Apprentice will have the ability to practice selected skills and gain confidence in the acute care environment to prepare for transition into practice. The Nurse Apprentice will be exposed to a variety of immersion opportunities to perform competency-based skills. Responsibilities include attending skill labs/simulation labs, synthesizing components of assessment, attending hospital-wide committee meetings, and adhering to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
What's around it?
Edison, NJ
Living costs about 9% above the US average