New Graduate RN Residency Program

* Please view the updated program and application requirements for the Spring 2025 Cohort below*

Spring 2025 Cohort:  

• Live informational webinar: October 2, 2024, at 5p PDT 
  • Please click here to pre-register
• Application open date: October 6, 2024
• Application close date: October 11, 2024, at 12p/Noon PDT
• Program start date: March 17, 2025 

At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, the heart of Stanford Medicine Children's Health, we offer exceptional opportunities for current students and recent graduates to complete their residency. Our program greatly enhances your education through exposure to many of today’s top medical advancements and the individuals responsible for them. If you’re passionate about caring for babies, children and caregivers and want to begin your career learning from a world-class leader in pediatrics and obstetrics, then start with Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

We've partnered with Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the nursing profession, to develop a comprehensive new graduate RN residency program. This unique one-year Residency is different from the traditional new graduate program because it provides an evidenced-based transition to prepare new graduate nurses for the highly complex and fast-paced acute care environment.

New graduates will also benefit from:

• A supportive network of senior nurses and debriefers to augment your education through professional, clinical experience expertise
• One-on-one guided clinical experience with a preceptor
• On-site classes and simulation-based education
• An easy-to-use web portal and supportive self-care/debriefing groups

Program Requirements:

• Must be a Graduate of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master's - level practice program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN, former NLNAC) or CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education). Note: Degree conferral date between January 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025, for our Spring 2025 cohort. 
• Must hold current unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure, issued by the State of California, by March 10, 2025, for our Spring 2025 cohort.  Note: Interim permits are not accepted
• Must hold current Basic Life Support Certification, issued by the American Heart Association (AHA), by March 10, 2025,  for our Spring 2025 cohort.
• May not have more than (6) months of paid Registered Nurse (RN) experience, before program start in Spring 2025 cohort. 
• Must be willing to commit to a one (1) year Residency Program.
   

Program Applicant Documentation:

• Current Resume.
• Cover Letter which indicates your reason for applying to LPCHS New Graduate RN Residency and your first and second choice, among the participating units.
• Nursing program transcripts. Unofficial copies, are accepted. 
• Clinical Hours Table (linked below). Must be populated and submitted as a standalone document.
• Optional: One (1) signed letter of recommendation ("wet" or electronic signature), from a Clinical Preceptor, which speaks to one's performance in the clinical setting and potential for success as a nurse.  
   

Participating Units – Spring 2025:  May be subject to change

• Maternity Unit - LPCH Johnson Center/West
• Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant Unit (PCU 500/PCU 520) - LPCH Bass Center/West
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) - LPCH Critical Care/Main 
• Pediatric Services Unit, Packard at El Camino (PEC) - El Camino Hospital/Mountain View, CA

For a description of our patient care areas, please click here: Nursing Units at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford - Stanford Medicine Children's Health (stanfordchildrens.org)

Application and Review Timelines:                                                     

Fall 2024 Cohort - Review Concluded 

Spring 2025 Cohort

Fall 2025 Cohort

** Please note. For each cohort, program guidelines, participating units, and review timelines are subject to change. **

Program Overview and Supporting Documentation: 

Program Presentation, Recorded Webinar - Fall 2024

Professional Practice Model
Clinical Hours Table
Tech Recommendations for Online Application 

Fast Facts
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Please direct questions to: [email protected]