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Hello! I am starting my first job in July. It is a med-surg position and obviously not my dream job but I am getting married and need a pay check, plus I'm a new grad and not trying to be picky. Anyways, eventually I want to end up in L&D. My med-surg position is a 2 year contract. Can anyone give me any advice regarding how to set myself up over the next 2 years so that I will have the best chance of finding an L&D position when the time comes that my contract is up? Don't get me wrong, I am excited to start working and very grateful to have a position in a tough job market, but I know I will be ready to leave med-surg by the time I've been in it for 2 years. L&D has my heart so I want to set myself up for success. I would even love to transition into antepartum or mother/baby because I love women's services. Is it likely 2 years of med-surg experience will be sufficient? Should I look for PRN work after a year or so to start getting some experience? Is that even possible? Please give me all the info!

That’s so crazy!! I wonder if he is out of the office or something? How can you be a recruiter and just not respond to emails? I just tried calling him and he didn’t answer. If he doesn’t return my call tomorrow I may try calling another recruiter and just seeing if I can find out any info at all!

Can someone please explain the difference between the internship and resident positions? For a lot of places the terms are used interchangeably so I'm confused about the difference. I'm interviewing for the CC&T nurse internship on Thursday. Also, has anyone gotten an offer for a position? If yes, how long was it after the interview that you heard about the offer? Thanks in advance!

I got an email from Anthony Ramos asking if I was interested in grapevine med surg and of course I said yes and he replied asking when I'm available to speak and at what number. I replied like 5 min later saying yes and my phone number. Then I got another email from him about 3 hours later asking the same thing and I replied again telling him my availability to speak and my phone number. That was on Wednesday and I haven't heard from him since? has anybody had a similar experience? I would really like to move forward with this so I am anxious to hear from him!

has anyone received a rejection? I didn't feel stellar about my interview and I haven't gotten a call so I'm assuming I'll get a rejection email at some point but I thought I would get one today. Has anybody?

I emailed Anna Holguin/Pullen (recently married I guess) this morning and she said she “should be in contact soon” about women’s services.

I got the instructions email on Monday or Tuesday.

I applied and completed the digital interview on Feb 3 and it has been radio silence since then. When I view my application the job status says "Active" and my submission status says "completed". Does anyone else's say this? I know they have already started interviewing in some locations but not sure if each location is going at its own pace or if silence up to this point means a rejection. Anyone have any clues?

Has anyone heard from Fort Worth, Grapevine or Carrollton?

I got a phone call earlier today! I’m at clinical and missed the call. She just said to call back and gave me a phone number. I’m having lunch now and called but got a voicemail! Hoping I can speak with her before the end of the work day. I applied to med-surg track!

The expo says its “sold out” so I can’t sign up now regardless unfortunately. @BabiNurseRN19 if you search “Memorial Hermann Pre-Match Day” on google you’ll find the page about it. I know about it bc I go to school in Houston so I know from the recent grads + I’m doing my clinical rotations with MH.

Memorial Hermann - saying it's "critical" to moving on to an interview may be a bit dramatic but you do get to meet nurse managers etc so it's definitely a good idea to go if possible.

Anyone have any updates?

Hey guys! any updates on calls? I haven't received on yet. I'm hoping to relocate from Houston to the DFW area and I'm worried that puts me at a disadvantage bc I'm not local. I'm also wondering about the expo, can anybody explain to me what happens & how critical it is to getting an offer. I'm applying to places in Houston as well and there is an event on the same day at the same time for applicants to that hospital system so I am trying to decide which one to attend. I've heard the one in Houston is pretty critical to moving on to an interview - is it the same for this expo?

I sent a follow up email yesterday because I figured if I turned my documents (transcript, prompt response, unit preferences etc) in on the 31st then it's been 2 weeks and that's appropriate. I got a response saying ill get an update on the status of my application either by phone or email at the latest by Feb 18 which is Monday. I didn't hear from them today so I assume I'll get some sort of in person interview or rejection notice on Monday.