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Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency Program (Minnesota)

Program description

The Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester offers diverse and challenging clinical experiences to students enrolled in a Mayo Clinic-affiliated master's or doctorate level nurse practitioner program.

Affiliated institution(s)

To participate in Mayo School of Health Sciences' Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency, you must be a practicing nurse at Mayo Clinic and enrolled in a master's-level program at one of the following affiliated academic institutions:

For Neonatal Track Only

For Psychiatric-Mental Health Track Only

Your college or university program director and the MSHS Nurse Practitioner program director will arrange your clinical experiences.

The clinicals are facilitated by Mayo Clinic professional providers including NP's, PA's,MD's, and CNS's (mental health only) and provide nurse practitioner students opportunities to work alongside other professionals in a multidisciplinary health-care environment.

Students will observe and experience the delivery of patient care in a comprehensive health-care center that offers:

  • A caring, collaborative environment.
  • State-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and research facilities.
  • A large, diverse patient population.
  • An environment based on a team approach and with a commitment to mutual respect.

Accreditation

Our affiliated Nurse Practitioner education programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.

Mayo Foundation is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission.

  • Higher Learning Commission
    • 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
      Chicago, IL 60602-2504
    • Phone: 312-263-0456 or 800-621-7440 (toll-free)
    • Fax: 312-263-7462
    • www.ncacihe.org

Facilities

The Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minn., comprises an extensive outpatient complex, Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital, and substantial research and education facilities.

This Mayo site is among the largest, most advanced medical centers in the world.

The Mayo Clinic Health System is comprised of 70 communities in southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin and northern Iowa.

Graduation and certification

When you successfully complete your master's or doctorate degree in nursing with population foci including adult, family, pediatric, geriatric, women's health, neonatology, acute care, or mental health nurse practitioner course work at your affiliated school, you are eligible to apply for the American Nurses Credentialing Center the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, or the National Certification Corporation national certification examination as either an adult, family, pediatric, geriatric, women's health,neonatology, acute care, or mental health nurse practitioner. You will also receive a certificate from Mayo Clinic, Mayo School of Health Sciences indicating your successful completion of the nurse practitioner clinical residency.

Hours

For the majority of the residency, your learning schedule will include eight-hour days, three to four days per week.

Class size

Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences admits up to 20 students in its Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. This ensures you will receive a comprehensive educational experience with close one-on-one instruction.

  • Aug 23, 2012
  • ART558105