Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford New Grad RN Residency
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County · Bay Area · Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Application window
Next window not announced
- Opens
- Mar 13, 2026
- Closes
- Mar 20, 2026
- Cohort
- Fall 2026 Cohort
Requirements
- Degree
- BSN required
- License
- California RN license required
- Experience
- Under 0 months of RN experience
- Notes
- Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program; BSN or master's-entry program (ACEN/CCNE) conferred 6/1/2025-6/30/2026; minimum 3.5 GPA; no paid RN experience allowed at program start; CA license verified by 8/11/2026 (no interim permits); AHA BLS; application requires resume, transcripts, clinical hours table, 2 recommendation letters and a 250-word essay. Fall 2026 cohort starts 8/17/2026.
Specialty tracks
PedsOncologyNICUOR
How to apply
- Confirm you meet the requirements above, especially the license timing, which trips up most new grads.
- Have your resume, transcripts and references ready before the window opens. Some of these close within days.
- Apply through the official Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford careers page during the open window.
- Turn on alerts so you hear about the next cohort the day it opens.
Source: careers.stanfordchildrens.org · Last verified Aug 11, 2026