New Grad Residency SoCal

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hey guys I'm a new grad RN looking for a job in southern california/east of los angeles area. I am interested in doing a residency program. when I was looking at residencies in my area I found out for most, you needed to have your license when applying. since I recently passed my NCLEX in July, I missed most fall cohorts. I am currently looking for the start dates/application periods for residency programs in Winter 2025-26/Spring 2026. so far I have compiled my own list as follows. the hospitals at the bottom are ones I could not find information on. if you guys have any more information please comment below or just following if you're in the same boat! ◡̈ side note- I am most interested in mother baby unit, but am open to starting anywhere. I've applied to 6 PP positions and received 2 rejections. if you know any small hospitals as well that accept new graduates, please let me know.

  1. Cedars Sinai- los angeles: Winter 2026 App opens November
  2. Torrance Memorial: cohort start early March, applications open December/January
  3. PIH Health- Downey, Good Samaritan (LA), Whittier: Cohort starts October 6, 2025, applications open as of august 5
  4. Providence Health: app opens December, cohort starts February
  5. Southern California Hospital Culver City & Hollywood: starts august 20 & 27, applications open as of august 5
  6. USC Arcadia- Spring 2026 (no dates listed yet)
  7. Huntington Hospital (Cedars Sinai)
  8. Dignity Health St Marys Long Beach
  9. Adventist Health White Memorial
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Anyone had interview for Hollywood?

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UCLA residency just opened up today (09/05 - 09/15) for Winter 2026 cohort. Anticipated start date is March 2026 

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Thanks for sharing! 

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I know USC wasn't having a residency program for fall, not sure if they are also cancelling Spring

 

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BabyRN631 said:

I know USC wasn't having a residency program for fall, not sure if they are also cancelling Spring

 

ooh thanks for the insight

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Did anyone knows if GPA 2.98 will get me in Cedar new grad program for 2026 or if anyone got in with similar GPA ? Thank you and good luck 

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kaiser socal opened today. not sure if I was too late to apply to other locations or if they just aren't up yet but only the pasadena location is accepting applications right now

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rn1224 said:

kaiser socal opened today. not sure if I was too late to apply to other locations or if they just aren't up yet but only the pasadena location is accepting applications right now

they just put pasadena as the location, they send a questionaire later regarding what location you prefer 

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iwanttobepedsnurse said:

they just put pasadena as the location, they send a questionaire later regarding what location you prefer 

oh OK thanks sm for the info!

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rn1224 said:

kaiser socal opened today. not sure if I was too late to apply to other locations or if they just aren't up yet but only the pasadena location is accepting applications right now

You are a lifesaver. Thank you for posting this! I rushed to submit my app but now need to go back and see if I missed anything. I uploaded a generic cover letter ':|. I'm just so tired of me trying to perfect my applications and then missing the window by a few minutes/hours.

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Eisenhower Health (Coachella Valley locations) has an open new grad program app. 

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