New Grad Jobs? Tx? Anywhere?

UnicornRN · Aug 9, 2012

Baptist South in Montgomery Alabama hires new grads.

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Aug 9, 2012

Scott & White (Temple, TX) has new grad internships in the winter (January) and summer (June-July) in several areas. They're well-known in central Texas and are a big teaching hospital/level 1 trauma center.

The job market for new grads in Austin, Houston & Dallas/Fort Worth seem to be pretty tight at the moment.

BennyRNCA · Aug 10, 2012

Hi everyone,
Desperate New Grad here looking for a job anywhere in the country! Do you know anywhere that's hiring new grads? I graduated Dec, 2010 and I am hoping to do a new internship in few months before applying for jobs. I wanted to know what's out there.

You mean you graduated in Dec. 2011, not 2010?

Depending on what states (i.e., CA) you're looking at, you're considered a "new grad" up to the 12th month after your graduation date and applications are restricted to those dates that they will look at. Some also have zero RN experience to be accepted, some up to 6 mo or less, some less than 1 year.

CA for example also has a 43-48% unemployment rate for new grads, cited in the CA BON 2011 nursing survey.

realnursealso/LPN, LPN · Aug 10, 2012

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bekpow · Aug 10, 2012

Midland Texas, Hires new grads and has a great residency program. Next residency program starts October 1, 2012.

Michealle10 · Aug 12, 2012

Nacogdoches Medical Center, Nacogdoches TX new grad residency program

Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA extensive preceptorship and education program

allnurses Guide · Aug 12, 2012

You mean you graduated in Dec. 2011, not 2010?
Depending on what states (i.e., CA) you're looking at, you're considered a "new grad" up to the 12th month after your graduation date and applications are restricted to those dates that they will look at. Some also have zero RN experience to be accepted, some up to 6 mo or less, some less than 1 year.

I'm not aware of any determination by the CA BON about the specific time limits you're considered a "new grad" in. Where did you see that information? I believe it's up to each facility to determine that.

If she does another internship, regardless of a regulatory time limit, the clock would probably be reset, anyway.

Jennie.K · Aug 12, 2012

Scott & White (Temple, TX) has new grad internships in the winter (January) and summer (June-July) in several areas. They're well-known in central Texas and are a big teaching hospital/level 1 trauma center.
The job market for new grads in Austin, Houston & Dallas/Fort Worth seem to be pretty tight at the moment.

Scott and White in Temple does usually have positions open and will hire new grads with a BSN. Metroplex in Killeen will hire new ADN grads if you work as a nurse tech. I've heard Scott and White is a really good hospital to work for.

allnurses Guide · Aug 15, 2012

The market in Texas is very tight and competitive everywhere except for the rural areas and along the Mexico border. Yes, new grads get hired but the application rate for internships and hospitals in major and moderate sized cities vary from 300-600 applications per opening.

If you are willing to live in a less exciting place while you get experience, there are jobs more easily procured in areas that are less desirable to live in due to remoteness and poverty. Some of those areas have hospitals still offering sign-on bonuses.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Aug 16, 2012

The CHRISTUS Spohn system in Corpus Christi is continuing to hire new grads. They have very well developed training programs, including a Med Surg 'training' unit that they staff with only new grads & preceptors. I'd give them a shout - especially if the idea of beach living is attractive to you.

BennyRNCA · Aug 20, 2012

I'm not aware of any determination by the CA BON about the specific time limits you're considered a "new grad" in. Where did you see that information? I believe it's up to each facility to determine that.
If she does another internship, regardless of a regulatory time limit, the clock would probably be reset, anyway.

I never said anything about the CA BON, as it has nothing to do with the CA BON at all.

What is considered to be a "new grad" for those looking for a job in the CA market (and just using CA as an example here) and pertaining primarily to only job applications. So yes, it's up to each facility as you said.

Most of the CA hospitals are very specific in their application process watching the date you graduated from nursing school and that frame time is one year AND some are very specific if you worked one day as an RN and some are more lenient. Some say NO prior nursing experience at all (CNA and LVN jobs are okay, since one never used their RN license or should not have to be considered).

It has nothing to do when you got your RN license, it's strictly by the graduation date.

Here's one as an example:

https://allnurses.com/california-nursing/stanford-lucille-packard-703266.html

UCLA, UC Davis, UCSF and even the medium size hospitals etal with 95% of them are very much the same with a certain time one can be considered a "new grad", again based on your date of graduation and none to less than one year of RN experience as the application dictates.