Professional Development

Department of Nursing Education and Research

The Department of Nursing Education and Research is guided by Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s mission, vision and values as well as our nursing professional practice model. We design, implement and evaluate professional development opportunities, conduct new hire and transfer onboarding, orientation and transition to practice, as well as provide clinical experiences for nursing students. We work with interdisciplinary and multiprofessional teams by sitting on committees, councils and cabinets in order to ensure our work is aligned with organizational, nursing and unit-based goals.

We provide educational activities in a variety of settings whether it be in a classroom, skills lab, simulation environment or on the unit. We foster learning and engagement through incorporation of innovation, technology and evidence based practice.

Over 90% of our continuing professional development courses, conferences and journal clubs provide nurses with contact hours.

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Professional Registered Nurse Residency Program is accredited with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. Click Here for more information of Practice Transition Accreditation Programs (PTAP).

For further inquiries, please contact:

Department of Nursing Education and Research (973) 322-9820 or Toi.Mcrae@rwjbh.org