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STHS welcomes its newest class of nurse residents

STHS Communication Department, CommDept@stph.org

Members of STHS’s January 2026 class of nurse residents pose for a group photo in the St. Tammany Parish Hospital lobby in Covington. (STHS photo)

The STHS Learning and Development Department recently welcomed the health system’s newest class of nurse residents.

This new class of residents – which includes graduates from Southeastern Louisiana University, Northshore Technical Community College, Delgado Community College, Pearl River Community College and Southwest Mississippi Community College – will join teams from various departments throughout the hospital.

Their names and units follow:

  • Kelsey Ernst, Clinical Decisions Unit
  • Contessa Alexander, Clinical Decisions Unit
  • Lesly Wuthenow, Oncology
  • Kim Adams, Orthopedic Surgery
  • Whitney Ashley, Orthopedic Surgery
  • Ariel Potter, Surgery Medicine
  • Natalie Womack, Surgery Medicine
  • Kameron Van Allen, Telemetry Medicine
  • Maria Bergeron, Telemetry Medicine
  • Leah Mitchell, General Medicine
  • Lindsay Fowler, General Medicine
  • Karlie McCormick, Mother Baby
  • Hannah Havert, Mother Baby
  • Kayla Bailey, Labor and Delivery
  • Elizabeth Grantham, Emergency Services
  • Dane Breazeale, Peds Emergency Department
  • Sean Zemke Adult ICU
  • Kadience Houston, Adult ICU
  • Bailey Schween, Adult ICU

St. Tammany Health System provides a structured, supportive transition-to-practice program designed to guide newly licensed registered and practical nurses as they move from the academic setting into confident, competent professional nursing practice. The program fosters clinical excellence, critical thinking, professional growth and emotional resilience during the first year of practice. The orientation phase varies in length from 14 to 20 weeks depending on area specific needs.

Cohorts are accepted into the program three times a year: in January, June and September.  

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