Houston Nurse Residency Summer 2020

[Future_BSNRN]

Starting a thread about Houston Nurse Residency programs that open this month/next to start in June/July!

[medawson29]

@FutureMrsNurse I’ve heard on another thread a person got a job in the Katy NICU but I haven’t heard of anyone else getting hired at any other campus or children’s ? a friend and I both interviewed for NICU at children’s and got rejected

[FutureMrsNurse]

2 minutes ago, medawson29 said:

@FutureMrsNurse I’ve heard on another thread a person got a job in the Katy NICU but I haven’t heard of anyone else getting hired at any other campus or children’s ? a friend and I both interviewed for NICU at children’s and got rejected

Same thing happened to me. I was just curious to see if they ever actually hired anyone ?

[medawson29]

@FutureMrsNurse I’m starting to think they didn’t take anyone ? another girl in my class interviewed for NICU at children’s too but I never heard if she got it or not

[xono, BSN, RN]

I don’t mean to be the negative Nancy under this thread, but what would be y’all’s next step if you don’t hear back from anyone? (Seeking advice for myself)

[2020soontobegrad]

@xono I know some of my friends have a plan B in which they would go to do home healthcare. Nearly all home healthcare areas are willing to take you immediately. I know that some even have a new graduate residency. Another thing you could do is to wait in June/July and apply for October residencies. (You can get into a residency within 1 year of graduation I believe). I also know someone who didn't get a residency; however, when she got her license she was able to get hired at TCH. Once you get your license you're more preferable.

[xono, BSN, RN]

1 minute ago, 2020soontobegrad said:

@xono I know some of my friends have a plan B in which they would go to do home healthcare. Nearly all home healthcare areas are willing to take you immediately. I know that some even have a new graduate residency. Another thing you could do is to wait in June/July and apply for October residencies. (You can get into a residency within 1 year of graduation I believe). I also know someone who didn't get a residency; however, when she got her license she was able to get hired at TCH. Once you get your license you're more preferable.

I already have my licensed, & graduated may 2019. Do you think it’s possible for me to skip residency & just start applying from hospitals since I am almost a year out of school?

[medawson29]

@xono I’m sorry ? don’t get discouraged! I would definitely look into home health, there’s a couple Pedi home health companies I’ve looked at and they train new nurses. You could look into St. Joseph’s if you’re wanting to stay in Houston!

[Tx29]

27 minutes ago, xono said:

I already have my licensed, & graduated may 2019. Do you think it’s possible for me to skip residency & just start applying from hospitals since I am almost a year out of school?

Do you mind sharing with us what happened? Were you not able to get just residency or job too? . I am moving to Houston and I am curious to know what am getting myself into.

[xono, BSN, RN]

Just now, Tx29 said:

Do you mind sharing with us what happened? Were you not able to get just residency or job too? . I am moving to Houston and I am curious to know what am getting myself into.

I don’t by any means want to scare anyone LOL. But my story is very simple. I graduated May, got into MH residency program for Oct 19. The day of my exam it FLOODED SO BAD in Houston & I was not able to take my exam. I had to repay for my exam & waited months for my ATT from my school, which led me to give up my offer because the only available test date was after the start date of MH residency.

I reapplied to only MH, thinking I was for sure going to get the job bc I communicated so well with HR, but unfortunately did not get the job.

I truly believe in God’s timing, so whatever is meant to be He’ll bless me with it! ❤️

[Tx29]

8 minutes ago, xono said:

I don’t by any means want to scare anyone LOL. But my story is very simple. I graduated May, got into MH residency program for Oct 19. The day of my exam it FLOODED SO BAD in Houston & I was not able to take my exam. I had to repay for my exam & waited months for my ATT from my school, which led me to give up my offer because the only available test date was after the start date of MH residency.

I reapplied to only MH, thinking I was for sure going to get the job bc I communicated so well with HR, but unfortunately did not get the job.

I truly believe in God’s timing, so whatever is meant to be He’ll bless me with it! ❤️

Thank you for sharing. Whatever is yours will surely come. I applied to 6 places and only got 3 interviews. That’s the odd. But God will see us through.

[LoveJRenee, BSN, RN]

1 hour ago, xono said:

I don’t mean to be the negative Nancy under this thread, but what would be y’all’s next step if you don’t hear back from anyone? (Seeking advice for myself)

I know a girl considering outpatient dialysis. She has already had an interview.

[QuanRN]

3 hours ago, xono said:

I don’t mean to be the negative Nancy under this thread, but what would be y’all’s next step if you don’t hear back from anyone? (Seeking advice for myself)

I graduated in August, passed my boards in October. I missed the deadline for the nurse residency programs for the Winter. I recently started applying to skilled nursing facilities and every last one of them hired me instantly. Cornerstone will hire you as a new nurse as well. I'm waiting my my background check to come back.