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Renown Health Graduate Residency Program

Mission Statement: “Develop and engage new nurses to provide quality care to our community while sustaining a positive, healthy work-life balance.”

Our program is designed to support newly licensed Registered Nurses (RNs), as well as other interdisciplinary teams, as they embark on their professional journey with Renown Health. This year-long program provides an individualized orientation with dedicated preceptors, specialty training, and a structured curriculum tailored to your unit—medical/surgical, progressive care, critical care, or specialty modules.

  • High-fidelity simulations
  • Knowledge assessments
  • Reflective learning exercises facilitated by seasoned clinical experts.

Our New Graduate Nurses are supported by their leaders, educators, and preceptors. You will have routine touchpoints with leaders and educators throughout your orientation period. Your preceptor is with you throughout each shift to guide and evaluate your practice and help you integrate into the team. In addition to your preceptor, throughout this program, you will experience classes with expert guidance and peer support to help you transition into the profession of nursing.

Why Nurses Should Start Here

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Comprehensive Support

You’ll receive strong support, including mentorship, guidance, and resources to help you transition smoothly from academia into professional practice. We’ll support you in developing confidence and competence as a new nurse. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package carefully designed to help you achieve well-being, realize greater financial security, advance your education, enjoy enhanced life balance, and when needed, face illnesses and accidents with the greatest possible peace of mind.
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Transition to Practice

Our structured curriculum focuses on the specific needs of new graduates, helping ensure a successful transition into professional health care practice. You’ll learn effective team communication, safe patient care, and strategies for handling complex situations, while gaining hands-on experience alongside seasoned health care professionals in a supportive learning environment. Our new nurses are hired into a cohort hiring model, with everyone starting on specific cohorted dates. This ensures shared learning, consistent preceptors, peer-to-peer support, and improved satisfaction and retention
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People First

We believe that our employees are the heart of our health system. Being a “People First” organization means that our success relies on our ability to listen to and address the needs of our team members. We uphold these values by prioritizing compassion and collaboration. By fostering positive working relationships, we enhance performance and make Renown a great place to work for everyone. Through this vision, we seek to continue to make a meaningful impact and serve our community as we remain steadfast in our commitment to saving lives, nurturing minds and caring for all people.
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Investment In Our Community

As Reno’s only locally owned, not-for-profit health system, all income generated by Renown Health remains within the community. It is reinvested in local programs, employees and equipment to enhance the health of our region. Our Community Benefit mission is to reduce health disparities, promote community wellness and improve access to care for vulnerable populations. This includes offering free and discounted care to those unable to afford healthcare, and partnerships with others to address health and well-being. In partnership with many community-based organizations, area schools, social service agencies and government and business leaders. Renown supports many educational, public health outreach and community development initiatives throughout Nevada.

Program Components

Since 2018, the Renown Health Graduate Nurse Residency Program has supported newly licensed RNs as they transition to practice. The program consists of a comprehensive evidence-based clinical orientation in addition to nursing professional development transition to practice curriculum. Since 2020, the program has supported the training and enculturation of over 1,100 new graduate nurses.

The following must be completed or obtained a new employee’s start date (not required at time of application):

  • Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
  • An active Nevada RN license (interim permits are not accepted).
  • A current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
  • No prior Registered Nurse experience.
  • Renown Health Nurse Apprenticeship/clinical rotation experience.

Nurse residents are hired onto a specific unit; we hire into Medical-Surgical, Progressive Care, Critical Care, Maternal/Child, and various specialty units. The units accepting New Grads varies each cohort. If you are selected to move forward to an interview, you will be sent a list of available units for you to review and select where you would like to interview.

Recruitment Timeline

Application Dates: January 2nd-11th

Information Sessions:

Concluded

Eligible Graduation Dates:

Anyone who has graduated an accredited nursing program.

Cohorted Start Dates:
March 2, 2026

Nevada RN License Deadline: February 27, 2026; 12pm PST

May 11, 2026

Nevada RN License Deadline: May 8, 2026; 12pm PST

Application Dates: March 20th-29th

Information Sessions:

Click preferred date below to register. Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. PST the day before:

March 16th at 12:00 p.m. PST

March 17th at 9:00 a.m. PST

March 19th at 2:00 p.m. PST

Eligible Graduation Dates:

Anyone already licensed/graduated

May 2026 grads

July 2026 grads

Cohorted Start Dates:
July 20, 2026

Nevada RN License Deadline: July 17, 2026; 12pm PST

September 14, 2026

Nevada RN License Deadline: September 11, 2026; 12pm PST

Application Dates: July 24th-August 2nd

Information Sessions:

Click preferred date below to register. Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. PST the day before:

July 20th at 12:00 p.m. PST

July 21st at 9:00 a.m. PST

July 23rd at 2:00 p.m. PST

Eligible Graduation Dates:

Anyone already licensed/graduated

September 2026 grads

October 2026 grads

November 2026 grads

Cohorted Start Dates:
November 9, 2026

Nevada RN License Deadline: November 6, 2026; 12pm PST 

January 2027

Nevada RN License Deadline: Exact date to be determined

Application Dates: October 16th -25th

Information Sessions:

Click preferred date below to register. Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. PST the day before:

October 12th at 12:00 p.m. PST

October 13th at 9:00 a.m. PST

October 15th at 2:00 p.m. PST

Eligible Graduation Dates:

Anyone already licensed/graduated

December 2026 grads

January 2027 grads

Cohorted Start Dates:
March 2027 (exact date to be determined)

Nevada RN License Deadline: Exact date to be determined

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