Hi everyone! I thought I would start a thread for CHOC Children's RN Residency that is starting in August 2020. I'm super excited to be applying to the NICU!
Fingers crossed for some good news in the coming months!
Doesn't hurt! Hem/Onc experience would be valuable too! I went from adult CVICU to NICU (huge jump) but it's not impossible to do, just it's hard to adjust to the different sets of treatments/normal VS for them. I did adult CVICU per diem while training in NICU and boy was it hard to do a 180 in my mindset for treatment modalities. Just keep applying!
Thank you so much! I’m going to keep applying, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. It just seems like most people don’t make it into peds during their first round of applications, which makes sense. They want dedicated, experienced nurses working with little ones. I just hope my dream job is in the stars sooner than later.
I have also applied to the PICU, I am currently "under consideration". I don't know of any other PICU applicants that have received a pre screening. They will be interviewing on the second week of June, so we should hear back soon.
HoopNurseMomo, ADN, RN
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Thank you so much! I’m going to keep applying, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. It just seems like most people don’t make it into peds during their first round of applications, which makes sense. They want dedicated, experienced nurses working with little ones. I just hope my dream job is in the stars sooner than later.