COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network’s post-graduate family nurse practitioner (FNP) residency program recently graduated six people at a ceremony at the Otesaga Resort and Hotel in Cooperstown. The program is a rural-based, 12-month, full-time employment opportunity that provides an integrative training platform for new post-graduate nurse practitioners. The program developed by Dr. Gregory Rys, […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network’s post-graduate family nurse practitioner (FNP) residency program recently graduated six people at a ceremony at the Otesaga Resort and Hotel in Cooperstown.
The program is a rural-based, 12-month, full-time employment opportunity that provides an integrative training platform for new post-graduate nurse practitioners. The program developed by Dr. Gregory Rys, program director, has residents serve their year-long residencies with mentorships in family medicine across Bassett’s network.
Residents also complete rotations in specialty disciplines and inpatient services, and they participate in classroom didactics as part of program requirements.
“I am proud that Bassett Healthcare Network is pioneering a continuing academic program that both embraces our century-long commitment to medical education and gives unmatched opportunities to rising clinicians,” Bassett President/CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim contended in a news release. “In the three years this program has been in existence, of the 18 nurse practitioners who have completed residencies, 10 have chosen to continue their careers at Bassett.”
Two new graduates accepted positions at Bassett, one at its Cobleskill Primary Care location, and one at Bassett Cancer Institute, he added.
The initiative’s goals are to improve health outcomes and access for patients in rural areas and to provide new clinicians with practicum experiences after completing graduate coursework.
“This program provides participants with a wonderful platform to increase practice readiness of RN graduates entering the health-care delivery system, immediately following acquisition of their MSN (NP)/DNP degrees and certifications,” Rys said. “This year’s class demonstrated an exceptional level of dedication. We thank them for their commitment and wish them all the best on the next phase of their careers.”
The graduates are: Joel Evans, who accepted an FNP position at Cobleskill Primary Care; Alyson Felt, who took an FNP position at Community Health Center of The North Country; Michelle Gordon, who accepted an FNP position at Adelante Healthcare Peoria in Arizona; Hailey Ryan, who took an FNP position at Bassett Healthcare Network; Nichole Shene; and Drenell Yarde.
