Registered Nurse
The Healthcare Resort of Topeka
Topeka, Kansas
Posted Aug 26 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour days
- Unit and setting
- Long Term Care
- License
- RN licenseRN License is required.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- RN License is required.
Preferred
- Experience
- Prior experience preferred but new grads are welcomed!
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 residencies →4–6 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 jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around 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
Benefits
- Signing Bonus
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, 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?
Your fit
Original listing
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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) SIGN-ON BONUS
Full-Time: 6am-6pm with Rotation
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide primary care to specific residents under the medical direction and supervision of the residents’ attending physicians or the Medical Director of the facility, with an emphasis on assessment, illness prevention and health care management. You will also assist in modifying the treatment regimen to meet the physical and psychosocial needs of the resident, in accordance with established medical practices and the requirements of this state and the policies and goals of this facility.
Duties
- Monitor patient’s condition and assess their needs to provide the best possible care and advice.
- Observe and interpret patient’s symptoms and communicate them to physicians
- Collaborate with physicians and other nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
- Perform routine procedures (blood pressure measurements, administering injections etc.) and fill in patients’ charts.
- Adjust and administer patient’s medication and provide treatments according to physician’s orders.
Qualifications
- RN License is required.
- Prior experience preferred but new grads are welcomed!
What's around it?
Topeka, KSFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% below the US average
- Median rent
- $979/mo
- Household income
- $56,956/yr, all local households, not nurse pay