St. David's HealthCare

St. David’s HealthCare is one of the largest hospital systems in Texas and Austin’s fourth largest employer, operating six hospitals, four ambulatory surgery centers and multiple outpatient clinics throughout Central Texas.

St. David’s HealthCare has a long history of serving the residents of Central Texas with exceptional medical care.  Our 6,200 employees touch over 270,000 lives each year with a spirit of warmth and personal pride.

Visit our main website at www.StDavids.com

St. David's Georgetown (512) 943-3000
St. David's North Austin (512) 901-1000
St. David's Round Rock (512) 341-1000
St. David's Medical Center (512) 476-7111
St. David's South Austin (512) 447-2211
St. David's Rehabilitation Hospital (512) 544-5100

Specialty Nurse Accelerated Program (SNAP)

The transition from new nurse to professional nurse is challenging. The Specialty Nurse Accelerated Program (SNAP) at St. David’s HealthCare is an elite training program designed to rapidly advance the careers of graduate nurses, as well as those seeking to move into another specialty. St. David’s HealthCare offers a variety of SNAP Fellowship options, to address the different specialized areas of nursing care. The fellowship is a series of educational and clinical experiences developed to support nurses as they transition into a specialty nursing practice. The fellowship incorporates specialty curriculum, classes and clinicals, professional growth, evidence based practices, and interdisciplinary collaborations. This unique fellowship promotes and develops evidence-based best practices in nursing specialty areas including:

  • Emergency Nursing
  • Critical Care Nursing
  • Medical/Surgical Nursing
  • Neurological Nursing
  • Rehabilitation Nursing
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

Our SNAP Fellows are full time employees who are supported and mentored while transitioning from new nurse to professional nurse. The SNAP Fellowship is committed to enhancing the new nurse’s clinical skills as well as promoting the development of professional and confident nurses. St. David’s HealthCare looks forward to working with SNAP Fellows during and long after their fellowship has ended.

Through SNAP, nurses quickly improve their clinical skills, advancing from beginner toward expert in a fraction of the time it takes in a typical hospital setting. This is accomplished through experiential learning with an interdisciplinary team that includes:

  • Clinical simulations
  • Off-site rotations
  • Clinical rotations
  • Case studies
  • Mentoring with Clinical Coaches
  • Development of Emergency Cardiac Care Skills (ECC), including Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Trauma Nursing Core Course, Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

For information, contact Karen Jeffries at 512-544-0109 or email karen.jeffries@stdavids.com