New grad residencies winter 2017

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I'm from Louisiana and moved to Texas in May after I graduated. I've been having a hard time finding a job in Houston. I really want to start out in the ER. I understand that the next round of residencies are for this coming winter? Does anyone have advice?

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I have two friends in Houston that both with though the residency program at Chi St. Lukes Health. One went with the emergency room route the other with the ICU route. They both loved it. You should check into it.

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Thanks! I've applied; I'm just waiting to hear back

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Specializes in Cardiac (adult), CC, Peds, MH/Substance.

If you had trouble getting a residency before, my advice is to apply to everything, and see what happens. My other advice would be to network, IE go to local lunches/meetings, IE local ANA chapter, society of med surg/surgical/critical care/emergency/whatever it is you want to do/ nurses, etc. It helps to stand out if you put in the effort to be at those events, and also starts conversations such as, "Oh, you're applying to residencies? My friend is reviewing applications in his department right now," etc. May be too late for that now, but good advice for the next time you're hunting.

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Hello! Did you hear back from St. lukes yet?

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No not yet

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