PICU/Pedi CVICU internships

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Specializes in ECMO.

Quick survey.

what hospitals in the SA, austin, dallas and houston area offer new grad internships for those interested in PICU or cardiac PICU?

fyi - i am starting the excelsior program next month as well.

(i know dallas childrens and texas childrens have separate CVICUs, but i have not been able to find anything over training new graduates in those areas.)

thanks in advance

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Specializes in ICU, Pedi, Education.

You probably have not found anything right now because they have already filled the internships for May/June. I would check back towards the end of the summer...they usually post the January internships then.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Only.

Hermann Childrens is willing to hire new grads in the PICU.

Forewarning though - its a level one trauma center. It sees the worse of the worse and usually has a death weekly. It also sees the best of the best.

There are great cardiac surgeons there, and some weeks there are 4-5 heart babies done.

This PICU seems to have a high burnout rate..just because of the extremely high acuity. Any child you see that gets life-flighted, goes to Hermann Childrens, not Texas Childrens.

Just my 2 cents! :twocents:

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Specializes in ECMO.
Hermann Childrens is willing to hire new grads in the PICU.

Forewarning though - its a level one trauma center. It sees the worse of the worse and usually has a death weekly. It also sees the best of the best.

There are great cardiac surgeons there, and some weeks there are 4-5 heart babies done.

This PICU seems to have a high burnout rate..just because of the extremely high acuity. Any child you see that gets life-flighted, goes to Hermann Childrens, not Texas Childrens.

Just my 2 cents! :twocents:

thanks for the info. do you know if texas childrens trains new grads into the PICU or cardiac ICU?

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Specializes in Pediatrics Only.

Im going to guess yes..

But I could be wrong.

:)

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Specializes in Peds Cardiology,Peds Neuro,Pedi ER,PICU, IV Jedi.

Children's Dallas hires new grads to the PICU, not sure about the CVICU though. PM me if you need more info.

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Yes, two of my friends just got hired at TCH, one in PICU and the other in CVICU. They're new grads.

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Specializes in PICU, Peds ER.

Scott and White in Temple, TX also hires grads to the PICU, but they do not have a CVICU as of the last I knew. I've worked there and loved it.

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