NICU with no experience

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Mar 4, 2015

Look on indeed.com for "new grad residency NICU". Many of the large NICUs will hire new grads because they have an established orientation program (mine is 12 weeks at a large Level IV).

Here is some found on Indeed:

https://lifepoint.taleo.net/careersection/.lp_corp_external/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=609780&src=JB-10160

Pediatric Hospital Jobs

https://www.healthcaresource.com/chsd/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.jobDetails&template=dsp_job_details.cfm&cJobId=100337&source=Indeed.com

NicuRN628 · Mar 4, 2015

Don't be afraid to contact hospitals and ask if they don't specify if new grads are welcome or not. I am a new grad and am now 7 weeks into my NICU orientation at a level III NICU at a large teaching hospital. They do not specify anywhere on the website or application that new grads are welcome, but I found out they actually prefer new grads. Good luck!

iHeartPeds4ever · Mar 5, 2015

Don't be afraid to contact hospitals and ask if they don't specify if new grads are welcome or not. I am a new grad and am now 7 weeks into my NICU orientation at a level III NICU at a large teaching hospital. They do not specify anywhere on the website or application that new grads are welcome, but I found out they actually prefer new grads. Good luck!

Did you precept in NICU during nursing school? Or have any experience in the NICU??

guest769224 · Mar 5, 2015

Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City Utah offers new grad residencies 2 times a year. They are BSN and new grad friendly :) they will open a May cohort soon.

NicuRN628 · Mar 5, 2015

No I did not have any prior NICU experience :)

iHeartPeds4ever · Mar 5, 2015

No I did not have any prior NICU experience :)

If you don't mind me asking, which hospital is it? Your post gives me so much hope because even all the new grad positions I've been looking at are saying you need to precept in the NICU

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Mar 5, 2015

Lots of NICUs in the northeast hire new grads. Keep applying!

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theradiantforce · Mar 5, 2015

Where do you live?

I'm in Chicago and there are quite a few hospitals here who hire new grads. In fact, most seem to PREFER us! Mostly because they don't have to Â¨unteachÂ¨ us. I just accepted a job at a large Level 3 NICU and start this month. Except for a couple of weeks working at a rehab center, I am a new grad nurse. The rehab nursing doesn't really count because I interviewed for the NICU position before I started there. The NICU nurse manager told me she wants more new nurses so she can train them specifically to the department.

Go for what you want!!! NICU's definitely want new grads in Chicago.

NicuRN628 · Mar 5, 2015

I work in Cleveland, Ohio. I will pm you :)

BSNRN2014 · Mar 5, 2015

Hospitals in NJ and NY hire new grads in PICU and NICU. Most of my classmates got hired into both specialties.

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Mar 7, 2015

We hired 7 in January (including me) and 6 more last month for NICU. They usually hire 5-7 every month and put the new hires through our NICU training classes, STABLE, NRP, and unit preceptorship.