Out of state new grads

CrunchRN, ADN, RN · Dec 3, 2013

Not so much. We have so many nursing schools we cannot absorb all the new grads and many are frustrated. There are some outlying less desirable places where things are better, but the main hubs life DFW, Austin, Houston, San Antonio and all their surrounding communities are very challenging now.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Dec 3, 2013

Agree with above. The situation is easier in non-urban areas if those are of any interest to you

OUxPhys, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2013

Man, that is not the news I wanted to hear. I'm beginning to become a little nervous now.

Nalon1 RN/EMT-P, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2013

I am still trying to figure out why nurses/students in other states think Texas is hiring?

While there are jobs, most have 10-20 applicants (or more) for each position. The metro areas in particular are full of new grads with no jobs, even new BSN's are starting to have problems finding employment. Most are having to look on the outskirts of the major metro areas or even smaller.

CrunchRN, ADN, RN · Dec 3, 2013

I am still trying to figure out why nurses/students in other states think Texas is hiring?
While there are jobs, most have 10-20 applicants (or more) for each position. The metro areas in particular are full of new grads with no jobs, even new BSN's are starting to have problems finding employment. Most are having to look on the outskirts of the major metro areas or even smaller.

It used to be that way here. 5 years ago they were bringing nurses in from lots of places. Even 20 years ago when Wa state was laying people off several of my class mates got jobs in Texas.

People do not realize that things have changed. Heck, our own local papers still talk about the nursing shortage and how easily available nursing jobs are. It is appalling how the reality just does not get out.

elkpark · Dec 3, 2013

I am still trying to figure out why nurses/students in other states think Texas is hiring?

On this site, even within the last year or so (I would estimate), new graduates have posted about the difficulty in finding new jobs and people have responded, "Come on down to Texas -- plenty of jobs here!" Until v. recently, TX has had a reputation as being a place with plenty of opportunities for nurses. Of course, once that reputation gets established, it takes quite a while to change it.

OUxPhys, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2013

I was about to say, usually when everyone asks where they are hiring new grads most reply with "Head down to Texas". Now that may have been true a couple years back it seems now that is not the case.

jas0419 · Dec 3, 2013

I'm graduating next week from an intense BSN program here in D/FW, and out of our class of 100, there are only around twenty of us (myself included) that have RN jobs ready to go, and I heard it was pretty hard for the previous class to get jobs as well, so yes, the myth about Texas being a goldmine for nursing jobs is just that.

For those who do not have jobs coming directly out of school, they usually fall into one of the following traps:

1) Applying for regular (i.e. non-internship) nursing jobs, most hospitals around here require one year of acute care experience, or

2) The internship programs seem to limit you to only applying either the semester you graduate or one semester after. Beyond that, they will no longer consider you as a candidate.

Mind you, there are always exceptions, but this is the general case, and there are still plenty of people who have graduated who still do not have jobs.

VintageSwagger · Dec 7, 2013

Does anyone know how long the GN residency program is at Texas Children's?

allnurses Guide · Dec 8, 2013

In the DFW area there are literally hundreds of applicants for each new grad position. Generally speaking the hospitals here will not hire new grads outside of an internship. Those are done twice a year, Jan/Feb and June/July. Hiring is done two to three months before those times. Most are filled either by internal applicants, outstanding senior students who precept there or by someone who knows someone. Moving here as a new grad without a job lined up is seriously ill advised.

DatMurse · Dec 9, 2013

Hello!
I currently live in Ohio and I will be enrolling in an accelerated BSN program this coming January. I've heard Texas is a great state when it comes to new grads looking for jobs. Is this still true? Any city/hospitals recommendations?
Thanks!

If I were you,

I would get good with the clinical manager when you do leadership/management clinicals at.(If you can choose the floor)

Be a good worker, be proactive, and show that you are competent.

I would have probably received a job offer if I didnt tell her I was leaving. She asked me what I was doing after I graduated and she also offered my clinical partner a job.

She said we were the first students to take initiative in our clinical experience.

Walk around during down time. See if other nurses need help, ask about the patients, get along with people. People will want you to work with them.

Nobody wants to work with a butthead.