Graduate Nurse - October Graduates
Under direct supervision, independently uses the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently care for a group of patients.
- Unit and setting
- Covenant Medical Center · Hospital Join our team at Covenant Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect.
- License
- RN licenseTexas Registered Nurse License
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Texas Registered Nurse License Check your license
- Also asks
- Texas Graduate Nurse Permit
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Texas staff postingsTexas staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $63/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $51/hr, across 1,476 postings.
- Pay differential
- These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
- Extra pay
- shift differentials
- Extra pay
- standby/on-call pay
- Extra pay
- overtime
- Extra pay
- premiums
- Extra pay
- extra shift incentives
- Bonus
- bonus opportunities
- Pay reviews
- wage range placement based on relevant job experience and other applicable factors The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors.
Benefits
- Benefits401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching
- Benefitshealth care benefits (medical, dental, vision)health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Benefitslife insurancelife insurance
- Benefitsdisability insurancedisability insurance
- Benefitspaid parental leavepaid parental leave
- Benefitsvoluntary benefitsvoluntary benefits
More benefits (3)
- Benefitswell-being resourceswell-being resources
- vacations
- holidays
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- care for a group of patients using the nursing process Under direct supervision, independently uses the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently care for a group of patients.
- Day to day
- assess, plan, implement, identify outcomes and evaluate patient care plans Uses information from a variety of sources to assess, plan, implement, identify outcomes and evaluate patient's plan of care.
- Day to day
- advocate for patients, families and caregivers The GN serves as an advocate for patients, families and caregivers to enhance the patient experience.
- On call
- On-call rotation
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Residency
- October Graduates
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
Original listing
Posted on Covenant Health’s careers page.
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Under direct supervision, independently uses the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently care for a group of patients. Uses information from a variety of sources to assess, plan, implement, identify outcomes and evaluate patient's plan of care. The GN serves as an advocate for patients, families and caregivers to enhance the patient experience. New graduates are permitted to perform any function that falls within the scope of nursing practice for which they have received educational preparation and have demonstrated minimal competency.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Covenant Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as
- shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
What's around it?
Lubbock, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,182/mo
- Household income
- $60,895/yr, all local households, not nurse pay