Students
As a student or recent graduate, where you choose to launch your career can make
all the difference. At Exempla Healthcare, we don't want you to ever feel lost or
overwhelmed. We provide comprehensive orientation programs customized to each new
graduate and why, in many cases, we pair new graduates with unit experienced preceptors
to carefully nurture your experience and confidence. That's The Exempla Experience.
Campus RN Recruiting Contacts:
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
Julie Ammon
AmmonJ@exempla.org
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Heather Bower
BowerH@exempla.org
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Cathy Cox
CoxCa@exempla.org
The Exempla Experience
Experiences
The Exempla Experience provides you with "career excellence" by offering you opportunities
and pathways for growth, educational advancement, annual certification support,
facility choices, and a wide range of patient care experiences. It's no wonder many
of our recent graduates have made Exempla their "career home."
Partnerships
The Exempla Experience recognizes the key ingredients to building strong partnerships
in healthcare: patients, families, community, physicians, and patient caregivers.
We take the time to listen, communicate, learn, and educate our physician and clinical
partners in order to ensure the best possible patient care is delivered. At each
facility, you'll find a professional, strong family spirit within the unit and supporting
staff, a spirit that encourages participation and builds stability.
RN New Grads
As a graduate Nurse with Exempla Healthcare, you will have a multitude of choices,
both in terms of the full spectrum of specialties we have as well as our types of
facilities-from a downtown teaching hospital to a community-based suburban hospital
to a brand new state-of-the-art medical center.
Exempla's "Syllabus" - What You As a New Nursing Graduate Can Expect
Each new grad will attend a series of new graduate transition to RN classes as well
as preceptor support up to at least eight weeks, depending on the specialty of the
unit. Most of our units have on-site clinical nurse educators that provide the level
of support that builds confidence and experience.
Resources are available 24/7 to support you and provide the safety and security
you need. These include:
- Rapid Assessment Team
- COR Zero team (average response time 1.5 minutes)
- Physicians and house staff
- Highly experienced shift supervisors and staff
- 24/7 pharmacy and lab
Benefits
Moreover, you'll be rewarded with a great salary and excellent benefits!
- Credit for years of experience in other medical roles
- Generous shift differentials
- Generous paid time-off (we value work/life balance)
- Medical benefits are effective first day of month following date of hire
Education Programs
Exempla offers a variety of special new graduate education programs, designed to
facilitate the transition from college as well as to provide a strong foundation
for future professional growth. Examples of these include diabetes education, coping
with death and dying, and hospice care.
Educational Assistance Programs include:
- Advanced Patient Care Skills Certification
- Tuition Reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate degree work