Houston Nurse Residency Fall 2024

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Hi! I'm graduating this August and plan on applying to positions in Houston in women's health and pediatrics. I wanted to create a thread so everyone can stay up to date on applications/interviews for the October 2024 Cohorts. Good luck!

If anyone here interviewed with Harris Health/Ben Taub, what kind of questions did they ask? 

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So with pediatric home health, it's very repetitive, you do the same routine over and over every day of your shift. I trained with the RN for only 2 shifts, like I said it's very easy and repetitive. 
For the skills, it depends on your pts diagnosis, for instance if they have a trach and Gb, you do the trach and GB care every time on your shift, feed, and for hygiene it depends on how mom wants it done, maybe proper shower or just wipe, oral care, suctioning, vent reading/setting and basic stuff you know. Then chatting also. Trust me, it's very easy, I believe that as a new grad, I'm earning more that what HCA is offering LOL. Just that I've been so bent on starting at a hospital, but right now, I'm loving it here and don't want to stress anymore. 

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Newnursec said:

So with pediatric home health, it's very repetitive, you do the same routine over and over every day of your shift. I trained with the RN for only 2 shifts, like I said it's very easy and repetitive. 
For the skills, it depends on your pts diagnosis, for instance if they have a trach and Gb, you do the trach and GB care every time on your shift, feed, and for hygiene it depends on how mom wants it done, maybe proper shower or just wipe, oral care, suctioning, vent reading/setting and basic stuff you know. Then chatting also. Trust me, it's very easy, I believe that as a new grad, I'm earning more that what HCA is offering LOL. Just that I've been so bent on starting at a hospital, but right now, I'm loving it here and don't want to stress anymore. 

If you love it stay there honestly bc I'm at HCA and I'm not enjoying it so far 💀 although it is also dependent on unit. Can confirm you're earning more than me LOL

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Ricky177 said:

If anyone applied to UT Houston, I just got a call for an interview next week with their OB/GYN Fetal Center!

How was the interview

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Newnursec said:

So with pediatric home health, it's very repetitive, you do the same routine over and over every day of your shift. I trained with the RN for only 2 shifts, like I said it's very easy and repetitive. 
For the skills, it depends on your pts diagnosis, for instance if they have a trach and Gb, you do the trach and GB care every time on your shift, feed, and for hygiene it depends on how mom wants it done, maybe proper shower or just wipe, oral care, suctioning, vent reading/setting and basic stuff you know. Then chatting also. Trust me, it's very easy, I believe that as a new grad, I'm earning more that what HCA is offering LOL. Just that I've been so bent on starting at a hospital, but right now, I'm loving it here and don't want to stress anymore. 

Thank you for the details. Sounds like a great way to get experience since no residency seems to be in the cards for me. Glad you found something you love!

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Txaggiegirl said:

Thank you for the details. Sounds like a great way to get experience since no residency seems to be in the cards for me. Glad you found something you love!

I want to add that I signed with a peds home health agency yesterday and they are some of the nicest people I've met!

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mackenzie0601 said:

I want to add that I signed with a peds home health agency yesterday and they are some of the nicest people I've met!

That's great!! Congrats❤️Would you be willing to share who you went with?

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I passed my NCLEX last week I've been submitting applications everywhere hope to hear back from someone 😥

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Sol84 said:

How was the interview

I had to contact them the day before to update when I'd be available to start. I thought I could start in September but now I can't start until January or February due to our nanny not being able to start until then now 😭 they need someone right away but said if a position opens up during that time frame they'd let me know! Now I plan on applying to Spring 2025 residency programs since all positions I was interviewing for need someone asap

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Ricky177 said:

If anyone applied to UT Houston, I just got a call for an interview next week with their OB/GYN Fetal Center!

Are they hiring new grads to train or do they require experience?

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RN072024 said:

Are they hiring new grads to train or do they require experience?

They don't require experience, but they did like that I had 6 months of outpatient RN experience!

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How long was the interview

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