New Grad RN Resident - Med/Surg & Neuro/Stroke

Cleveland, Ohio

You'll work on a 36-bed unit for medical, stroke and epilepsy monitoring patients. Cleveland Clinic is an academic medical center.

Eligibility: Neurology

Posted Aug 9 · New grads welcomed

Shift and hours: Nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A caregiver in this role works nights from 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. with weekend and holiday requirements.
Unit and setting: Parkview Terrace, Fairview Hospital · Hospital is a 36-bed complex medical care, stroke care and epilepsy monitoring nursing unitMedical, stroke and epilepsy monitoring patients
License: RN license Current state licensure or pending licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)Current RN licensure, or pending RN licensure
Term: Per Diem

Do you qualify?

New grads: Welcomed, residency program
License: Current RN licensure, or pending RN licensure Current state licensure or pending licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
Certification: BLS through AHA, presented upon hire Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) presented upon hire
Education: Graduate of an accredited ADN or BSN program Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program)
Experience: New grad, or under one year of RN work experience New grad OR less than one year RN work experience

Preferred

Education: BSN preferred Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

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Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for Ohio PRN rolesOhio PRN postings that state pay run $28/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $48/hr, across 199 postings.
Pay reviews: Actual pay set by work history, experience, skill set and education. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education.
Pay reviews: The displayed pay range does not include applicable pay practices, such as shift differentials and overtime. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.).

Benefits

BenefitsOne-year accredited nurse residency with nine tracksProfessional growth through our one-year, accredited Nurse Residency program , with nine tailored tracks
BenefitsWorkplace violence prevention and caregiver well-being resources
BenefitsHealthcare, dental, vision and retirement savings contributionsThe pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).
One-year accredited Nurse Residency program with nine tailored tracks including online modules, simulation lab and hands-on training
Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being
Healthcare benefits

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Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Retirement savings account contributions
Shift differential pay
Health Insurance
401k/Retirement

The role and schedule

Day to day: Direct nursing care with a success coach alongside Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
Day to day: Direct work with patients and their families you will interact directly with patients and their families
Day to day: Patient and family healthcare education provide healthcare education as needed
Unit size: 36 beds is a 36-bed complex medical care, stroke care and epilepsy monitoring nursing unit
Weekends: Weekend requirements with weekend and holiday requirements
Holidays: Holiday requirements
Details: Stressful conditions and irregular hours Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Details: Standing and walking for extended periods Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
Details: Lifting and handling patients; full range of body motion Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
Details: Exposure to communicable diseases and body fluids Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

Support on this unit

The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

Orientation: Residency program

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Cleveland Clinic

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Cleveland Clinic supports new graduate nurses through a structured Nurse Residency Program designed to help them transition into practice and build a foundation for professional growth.

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Preceptors and orientation

Nurse residents guided on unit by experienced nurse preceptor; orientation duration personalized; success coach supports first-year journey; 10-12 weeks core orientation plus 10 residency days.

Cleveland Clinic · employer research

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Cleveland, OHFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% below the US average

Median rent: $945/mo
Household income: $40,801/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Cleveland, OH

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals cluster in University Circle and Little Italy for a walk to Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and CWRU; Reddit also names southern Glenville and eastern Hough for the shortest CWRU-area drive. West-side picks are Ohio City (West Side Market, Red Line; 2026 snapshot median home about $124,250, rent $683), Tremont (historic houses, galleries, nightlife; median home about $180,380), Detroit-Shoreway/Gordon Square (theaters and Edgewater Park; median home about $120,920), and Kamm’s Corners (walkable suburban corner, low crime, cited near Cleveland Clinic employers; median home about $131,160). Downtown is high-rise apartments and condos; Old Brooklyn and Kamm’s Corners skew toward houses with driveways. East-side historic options include Shaker Square, Larchmere, and Buckeye-Shaker; Facebook locals also point families toward Chagrin Falls, Solon, and Brecksville.

Nurses and young professionals cluster in University Circle and Little Italy for a walk to Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and CWRU; Reddit also names southern Glenville and eastern Hough for the shortest CWRU-area drive. West-side picks are Ohio City (West Side Market, Red Line; 2026 snapshot median home about $124,250, rent $683), Tremont (historic houses, galleries, nightlife; median home about $180,380), Detroit-Shoreway/Gordon Square (theaters and Edgewater Park; median home about $120,920), and Kamm’s Corners (walkable suburban corner, low crime, cited near Cleveland Clinic employers; median home about $131,160).

Downtown is high-rise apartments and condos; Old Brooklyn and Kamm’s Corners skew toward houses with driveways. East-side historic options include Shaker Square, Larchmere, and Buckeye-Shaker; Facebook locals also point families toward Chagrin Falls, Solon, and Brecksville.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: trulia.com Source 5: reckerteam.com

Getting aroundUniversity Circle is the hospital core; Reddit names University Circle, Little Italy, southern Glenville, and eastern Hough as the shortest CWRU/Clinic-area commutes, and Kamm’s Corners is described as near Cleveland Clinic employers. RTA’s Red Line links Ohio City (West 25th–Ohio City station) and Edgewater (West Blvd.–Cudell) to Tower City, where all rail lines meet and the B-Line Trolley covers Public Square and the Warehouse District; Tremont is more bus-plus-walk (route #81, about a 10–15 minute walk to West 25th) with the Towpath Trail for bikes. Off-peak drives to downtown run roughly 0–5 minutes from Downtown itself, 5–10 from Ohio City and Tremont, 8–15 from Detroit-Shoreway, and 10–15 from Edgewater. Most of Cleveland is car-dependent; Downtown parking is metered or garage, Tremont street parking is free but tight on restaurant nights, and one city guide puts the average commute at about 24 minutes.

University Circle is the hospital core; Reddit names University Circle, Little Italy, southern Glenville, and eastern Hough as the shortest CWRU/Clinic-area commutes, and Kamm’s Corners is described as near Cleveland Clinic employers. RTA’s Red Line links Ohio City (West 25th–Ohio City station) and Edgewater (West Blvd.–Cudell) to Tower City, where all rail lines meet and the B-Line Trolley covers Public Square and the Warehouse District; Tremont is more bus-plus-walk (route #81, about a 10–15 minute walk to West 25th) with the Towpath Trail for bikes.

Off-peak drives to downtown run roughly 0–5 minutes from Downtown itself, 5–10 from Ohio City and Tremont, 8–15 from Detroit-Shoreway, and 10–15 from Edgewater. Most of Cleveland is car-dependent; Downtown parking is metered or garage, Tremont street parking is free but tight on restaurant nights, and one city guide puts the average commute at about 24 minutes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: trulia.com Source 4: reckerteam.com Source 5: extraspace.com

OutdoorsLake Erie is the city’s north wall: Edgewater Park and Edgewater Beach are the named west-side hangouts for swimming, trails, sunsets, and watching dogs run, walkable from Detroit-Shoreway and Edgewater. Lincoln Park is Tremont’s green center; the Towpath Trail supports bike trips through the Cuyahoga valley; Old Brooklyn is the neighborhood tied to the zoo. Cuyahoga Valley National Park is the big nearby escape, and Cleveland Metroparks plus unlimited fresh water and a lack of wildfires or typical natural disasters come up constantly in local pros lists.

Lake Erie is the city’s north wall: Edgewater Park and Edgewater Beach are the named west-side hangouts for swimming, trails, sunsets, and watching dogs run, walkable from Detroit-Shoreway and Edgewater. Lincoln Park is Tremont’s green center; the Towpath Trail supports bike trips through the Cuyahoga valley; Old Brooklyn is the neighborhood tied to the zoo.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is the big nearby escape, and Cleveland Metroparks plus unlimited fresh water and a lack of wildfires or typical natural disasters come up constantly in local pros lists.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: reckerteam.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: thisiscleveland.com

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Cleveland is a Lake Erie hospital city: Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals sit in University Circle, so nurses can walk from University Circle or Little Italy, take the RTA Red Line from Ohio City’s West 25th station, or drive 10–15 minutes from Tremont, Gordon Square, Edgewater, or Kamm’s Corners. Housing is the other distinction—city three-bedrooms listed around $134,900 in mid-2026, mostly older houses and doubles, with Downtown as the high-rise exception. Culture punches above the rust-belt stereotype: Playhouse Square, a free Cleveland Museum of Art, the Rock Hall, West Side Market, Guardians baseball, and Edgewater Beach. Ohio City and Tremont concentrate restaurants and nightlife. Tradeoffs are real: long gray lake-effect winters, a car for most of the city, and crime that is sharply neighborhood-specific. Summers, Metroparks, and Cuyahoga Valley National Park are why people stay. Visit in January and pick a named neighborhood, not a metro average.

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As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: reckerteam.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: thisiscleveland.com Source 5: extraspace.com Source 6: youtube.com Source 7: reddit.com

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