Jumpstart your nursing career at Covenant
Our New Graduate RN Program provides RNs with everything they need to transition from school to the hospital floor. Residents become part of a health care team based on non-hierarchal relationships and collegiality.
Clinical practice takes place within an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities and welcomes an ongoing plan for self-development.
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About our program
Operated by our Clinical Academy, a highly distinguished and accredited institution, we focus on educating and supporting our new graduate RNs in a number of evidence-based ways.
Core fundamentals
- All units attend together
- Mix of classroom and virtual learning
- Completed over 6-12 months
- Meet an average of 4 hours each month
- Focus on: professional development, research, certifications, death and dying, nurse fitness and more
Specialty courses
- Start immediately, coinciding with core fundamentals
- Specific to both your chosen specialty and assigned unit
- Average of 4 months
- 8-hour classes with required pre-class prep time
- Hands-on training
- Simulation Lab used
Support & guidance
- One-on-one time with a Senior Nurse mentor from another specialty unit
- 6 month mentorship program with paid monthly meetings
- Onboarding assistance
- Preceptorships helping you work with your first patients
Locations
Covenant Health is the largest health care institution in the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region, serving a 62-county area with a population of more than 1.2 million people. Located in the picturesque Great Plains, surrounded by big skies and sprawling valleys, our hospitals are surrounded by lively communities abounding with opportunities. Relocation packages are available to candidates moving more than 50 miles away, or any candidates moving to Hobbs, NM.
Lubbock, TX
Covenant Medical Center
Covenant Children’s Hospital
Covenant Specialty Hospital
Grace Surgical Hospital
Looking outside the region for a place to start your nursing career? Covenant is a part of the Providence family of organizations - with openings for new grad RNs in Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington .
