Applications: Windows run 9 to 10 days each. Cohort 5 (the next one) applications September 14 to 23, 2026, information session September 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM PT, Oregon RN license deadline November 30, 2026, start December 7, 2026. Cohort 4 (Jul 6-15) has closed. Five windows a year means a miss here costs about ten weeks, not six months.
Cohorts: FIVE cohorts a year across two medical centers, Sunnyside and Westside, the highest cohort frequency of any Kaiser market. 2026 starts: Feb 16, May 11, Jul 20, Sep 28, Dec 7.
Requirements: Active Oregon RN license by the start date; American Heart Association BLS; graduate of an accredited school of nursing; less than 6 months of paid RN experience. Preferred: BSN or above.
Specialties: Medical-Surgical and Telemetry, Progressive Care (ICU step-down), Cardiovascular or Medical-Surgical Intensive Care, Emergency Department
Dates and requirements change on the hospital's schedule, not ours, and the official page is always the final word. kaiserpermanentejobs.org/nurse-residency-career fetched 2026-08-17; all five 2026 Northwest Inpatient cohort windows, licence deadlines and start dates stated in the Northwest Inpatient market block (the page spells the Nov 30 deadline "Novemeber" - transcribed here as November 30, 2026).
Windows for other programs are on the Window Board, and the full list is in the residency directory. No signup is needed to read either one.
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