Which hospitals claim to be on a hiring freeze?

Texas Children's is in a freeze. I was told by my nurse educator, and the director of my unit confirmed it at a meeting a couple weeks back. I had an interview with Memorial Hermann in November for an intership program. I was called the day of my interview and was told that they were in a hiring freeze and were not hiring new grads. Only one person from my graduating class got on with Memorial Hermann, and that was before the hiring freeze started in November. Not sure if it is still going on there or not.

I am sorry to say that it is a fact that many hospitals are hiring a minimal number of new grads if any. Many gov hospitals are laying off nurses. I cannot be specific to Texas but do know this issue is valid throughout the states. Many tertiary facilities are not subject to this because they have better funding and resources.

Note that in many hospitals the nursing shortage is not from a lack of new grads, rather a lack of seasoned nurses to precept those new nurses, and or resources to train them. Look at the ANA website for updates on new funding plans to address these concerns.

My opinion is that you should not wait until after graduation to start scouting out where you are going to work. Call recruiters at hospitals of interest and ask them for guidance in their application process. You may also want to look into extern programs. Also, some hospitals only hire new grads several times per year.

I.H.S. may be a good program to look into in Texas. I read that they are receiving gov funding directed at training new nurses.

Sorry for the frustrating news. I didn't want to answer your post but I don't want you to miss out on any opportunities. I wish you the best.

Hermann TMC is definitely not on a hiring freeze and we need NICU people.


New gradwise..it's pretty much too late everywhere besides smaller hospitals that are not affiliated with huge systems such at Memorial Hermann, Methodist, SLEH.

TCH is not on a hiring freeze, either. New gradwise...too late.

Well, I guess the moral of the story is to apply everywhere. THey Memorial Hermann I was trying to get into was Memorial City. Also, TCH IS in a hiring freeze in some units, then. I know in mine (ER) they are not hiring any new people.

Try St. Joseph's. They hired a classmate for a new grad spot in the ER last time (December grad) around. For the other hospitals, you may have just applied too late. MH stopped accepting applications really, really early for the June intern group.

I got into a Jan internship over Thanksgiving break here a whiiiile back.

They hired NO new grads the semester I graduated. After my interview with them, it is definitely no longer my dream (or desire) to work there anymore!