Licensed Vocational Nurse Residency Program

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Texas Health is a great place to work because of our amazing people. Are you a recent LVN graduate ready to start your nursing career? You’ve come to the right place.

The Texas Health Nurse Residency Program for LVNs is designed for newly graduated LVNs (or LVNs will less than 6 months of experience) who will begin their practice in Acute Care (Med/Surg). The program provides a structured orientation that includes fundamental specialty classes, web-based training and clinical time on the unit with a preceptor.

LVN Residency Program Start Dates

Winter 2025 Cohort

Start date is February 24, 2025.
Open Positions are currently posted here.

Summer 2025 Cohort

Start date is July 14, 2025.
Positions will be posted on February 13, 2025.

Fall 2025 Cohort

Start date and position information coming soon.

Requirements and Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited vocational nursing program
  • Current LVN license to practice in Texas upon hire
  • Current BLS/CPR Certification for Health Care Providers
  • Fifteen-month work agreement (begins on the first day of the residency program)
  • Application portfolio – documents you will upload to the Submit Supporting Documents section in the online application:
    • Resume (please upload as an attachment)
    • Unofficial Transcripts
    • Essay (In one-to-two pages, tell the story of a clinical situation that was especially meaningful to you.)

Each new LVN in our Residency Program will be assigned a learning plan specifically developed by Clinical Learning that includes:

  • Texas Health’s best practice education and current professional organization best practices
  • electronic health record training
  • specialty practice training with a minimum of 2 experienced preceptors and focused practice modules
  • EKG training and resuscitation skills
  • huddle sessions designed to foster skills in handing stress and conflict management, solve problems, develop effective self-care skills
  • individualized clinical experiences and organizational development activities

All new LVNs in the program will complete a department LVN Initial Competency checklist and LVN Clinical Reasoning Expectations.

Check out our LVN Residency Program positions here.

A great nursing career is closer than you think!