
Live a better new grad story.
A virtual new grad nurse residency program that helps you learn how to be a nurse in the real-world.
Raise your confidence
Build your competence
Live a better new grad story
Nursing school focused on helping you pass your NCLEX.
But you feel underprepared for the real world of nursing
Clinicals were limited (or nonexistent) during COVID
Your preceptor graduated six months before you and they aren’t able to help you as much as you need
You worked hard to become a nurse and want to take great care of your patients but you don’t know where to start

Straight A Nursing and Hello Healer have teamed up to bring you The Confident Nurse Academy.
A virtual residency program for new grad RNs and LPNs designed to help you take the guesswork out of being a new grad nurse.
On-demand Lectures
AKI. GI bleeds. Sepsis.
Shift organization.
Emotional Intelligence.
If it’s nursey, we cover it in our lecture series.
Learn how to be a nurse in the real world with our updated evidence-based clinical content coupled with our years of nursing (and teaching) experience.
Why wait years to get the good stuff when you can have it in the pocket of your scrubs now?
New Nurse Coaching Tips
You’re on your feet 12 hours a day doing backbreaking work with a full bladder. If that’s not athlete status, what is?
If the best professionals have coaches - and their work isn’t life or death, why not you?
Learn to play to your strengths, mitigate the negative impacts of being in healthcare, build your resilience and much much more as you engage with our coaching tips designed exclusively for new grad nurses.
Must-Know Nursing Knowledge
In nursing there is a LOT to know. We help you focus your attention on information you need to know right now so that you can learn to recognize changes in patient condition, sooner.
There are no shortcuts to being a good nurse. Time and putting in the work are critical for every nurse. But we don’t want you to feel like you are guessing your way through new grad life.
That’s where Confident Nurse Academy comes in!
We get it – being a new grad is hard.
And let’s face it - being a nurse is hard! Here’s the thing: nursing doesn’t get easier. YOU get stronger.
In this profession, it’s not enough to be caring. Nurses also need to be competent. All the caring in the world won’t translate to competence at the bedside without good teaching coupled with good clinical practice. But HOW do you get there, when you’re brand new?!
Confident Nurse Academy is a virtual residency program that teaches you how to be a nurse, in the real world. Taught by Nurse Mo from Straight A Nursing, and Nurse Steph from Hello Healer, Confident Nurse Academy helps you bridge the gap from books to bedside so you can confidently (and competently) care for your patients.
It’s like having a preceptor in your pocket.
How it Works
1. Enroll in Confident Nurse Academy
You are a click away from some of the best lectures of your nurse life. Yep, we are confident in our ability to help you grow in your clinical competence because we help you understand the why behind what we do as nurses everyday.
2. Get a plan
Being a new grad nurse can feel like you’re running a code by yourself. We help you know what to do - and in which order - so you can rock your shift like a pro and give great patient care.
3. Live a better new grad story
Sleep better. Know the ‘why’ behind your tasks. Call that doctor like a pro. Leave work at work. Enjoy the career you worked so hard for. It’s possible to live a better new grad story, starting today.