The nursing staff at St. Jude provides the patient family-centered care families need during their time at St. Jude. We partner with patients and their families to provide excellence in care, foster hope, practice with passion and celebrate life every day.
As St. Jude nurses, we advance nursing care through innovation, evidence-based practice and the global sharing of knowledge.
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Become a St. Jude Nurse
Explore nursing jobs at St. Jude in pediatric oncology, hematology and other areas. We offer a supportive environment that promotes excellence and growth.
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Nurse Residency Program
St. Jude invites new grad nurses to apply for pediatric nursing positions in all hospital areas, including inpatient, outpatient, surgical services and ICU.
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Externships for Nursing Students
The Nurse Extern Program at St. Jude is an employment opportunity for nursing students interested in pursuing a career in pediatric oncology nursing.
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Center of Advanced Practice Providers
Advanced practice providers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are clinicians, leaders, educators, mentors and researchers.
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Magnet Designation
St. Jude is a Magnet hospital, the most prestigious award a hospital can receive related to nursing. Learn more about St. Jude and its Magnet recognition.
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Nursing Leadership
The St. Jude nursing leadership team spans disciplines from clinical and administrative to education and research. Meet our nursing leadership team.
Welcome to St. Jude Nursing
St. Jude nurses provide the highest quality of care every day. We bring out hearts and minds to the bedside of every child we care for.
St. Jude is a Magnet-Recognized Hospital
St. Jude is a Magnet hospital, the most prestigious award a hospital can receive related to nursing. The Magnet Recognition Program® serves as a benchmark for patients to measure the quality of nursing care they can expect to receive at a hospital. Nurses also take part in a shared decision-making throughout the hospital. Our Shared Governance involves the entire nursing body, which focuses on nursing and the organizational mission, vision and priorities.
Career Opportunities in Nursing
Explore nursing jobs at St. Jude in pediatric oncology, hematology, research and other areas. We offer a supportive environment that promotes excellence and growth.
Nurse Residency Program for New Grad Nurses
The St. Jude Nurse Residency Program supports newly graduated, bachelor’s-prepared registered nurses as they transition from student to professional nurse. The program works with early-career nurses to prepare them to lead the advancement of nursing care through innovation, expansion of evidence-based practice and the global sharing of knowledge. New grad nurses hired into the NRP are supported by a team of Nursing Professional Development Practitioners as they work through this critical transition period and adjust to the realities of the profession in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Find out more about the NRP or apply for an upcoming cohort.
Nursing Education and Training
At St. Jude, we offer opportunities to advance your education and training in an environment that values your work and fosters creativity and innovation.
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Nurse Mentorship Program
St. Jude values education and knowledge sharing among its nursing staff. The mentorship program at St. Jude pairs an experienced nurse with an early-career nurse.
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Nursing Fellows
St. Jude nursing and patient care services fellowship programs offer opportunities to advance your education and training in an environment that values your work.
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Nurse Extern Program
The Nurse Extern Program at St. Jude is an employment opportunity for nursing students interested in pursuing a career in pediatric oncology nursing.
Nursing Research
St. Jude nursing research actively contributes to improving patient care and patient care outcomes for all patients and families given care at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its affiliates, and indirectly for children world-wide who have a catastrophic illness. We do this by creating, applying, evaluating and sharing the highest quality clinical care research.
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Nursing Research Division
The Division of Nursing Research conducts clinical care research aimed at improving patient care and outcomes for children with catastrophic diseases.
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Nursing Research Clinical Trials
Nursing Research clinical trials at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
St. Jude Nursing Honors and Awards
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recognizes the special work that nurses do every day. This award program offers patients, families and colleagues a way to honor nurses. The program also increases nurses' job satisfaction, retention, teamwork, pride, organizational culture and a healthy work environment.
Learn more about the DAISY Award
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Nurse of the Year Award
Each year, St. Jude awards the Nurse of the Year Award to someone who demonstrates excellence and compassion.
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Advanced Practice Provider of the Year Award
St. Jude gives the Advanced Practice Provider Award annually to an individual who contributes to improved patient outcomes and to the delivery of quality care.
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Friend of Nursing Award
The Friend of Nursing Award recognizes someone who personifies the mission of St. Jude and provides collaborative care between disciplinary teams and Nursing.
