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CoxHealth invites new graduates to join its Graduate Nurse Residency program located in Monett, Missouri. The program spans the first year with a unit-specific orientation, classroom theory, clinical time with a preceptor, and progression through two phases to professional practice.
Relocation assistance is offered; the residency is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The program focuses on communication, self-care, stress management, and pathways to specialty certification.
Facility:
Cox Monett: 1000 E. Hwy 60, Monett, Missouri, United States of America, 65708
Department:
1697 Recruitment and Retention
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
Hours:
varied
Work Shift:
Rotating (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
Healthcare Innovation’s Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
Job Description:
LIVE OUT YOUR PASSION
Graduate Nurse Residency
CoxHealth is a diverse network of medical professionals caring for the Ozarks. Continuing education is part of our culture of innovation. With over 3,000 nurses serving six hospitals, our graduate nurse residency program is just one way we support new nurses. We also offer help, such as relocation assistance to make the move a bit easier.
The graduate nurse residency program is provided throughout your first year as a new nurse and acts as a supplement to the unit-based orientation and clinical classes you attend during your orientation to nursing at CoxHealth. The residency in Springfield is accredited with distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor possible for such a program, and the only accredited residency of its kind in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas.
The nurse residency program is a skill-focused orientation, transitioning into professional development around the fourth month. The program teaches you tools for communication, self-care, and stress management, and offers advice on how to navigate other professional development opportunities, such as our clinical ladder and specialty certification assistance
Program Progression takes part in phases:
Phase I - A unit-specific orientation with a focus on classroom theory, practicum, clinical time with an experienced preceptor, simulation, and hands-on skills learning. This mandatory phase varies in length depending on the unit and many overlap with Phase II.
Phase II - These classes focus on additional skills and specific transition to professional practice topics. Participation is mandatory; classes are offered at a variety of dates and times throughout the month.
The program consists of the following nine courses:
Patient and nurse outcomes
Continuous improvement
Critical thinking and delegation
Stress Management and self-care
Effective communication
Informatics, advanced Cerner clinical internet resources
Evidence-based practice and research
Business and healthcare leadership
Professional development opportunities