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Usually people who work in the NICU have a real passion for it. If you don't think it is the right fit for you I would not take the job. Like you mentioned, it IS extremely specialized so not many skills will carry over to the adult world in my opini...

Oh no! I start a new grad program in the NICU this week.. I was a little nervous about it but felt I would be just fine... now I'm scared out of my mind!

Yeahh I heard they hired about 50 new grads...

There is Conroe Regional Medical Center, Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands, and St. Lukes-The Woodlands. There might be more but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. All have new grad programs... Conroe's GN program seemed really go...

It is very, very difficult for people to understand! When I moved to Texas from NJ and told people in Texas that I couldn't find a job in NJ because there is no shortage people simply did not believe me. A large part of my interviews here were spent ...

Well I would apply anyways. It's a new grad program and you are a new grad. I think that's really stupid that it's only for december grads.. REALLY stupid.

Are you sure the new grad program you are referring to is ONLY for december new grads? Because it may say december new grads but they will accept new grads from any month because the new grad program I am in was intended for december new grads but I ...

I'm not sure if you're asking me or not.. but if you are- i start my first job in January. but i graduated back in May in NJ and moved down to houston mid-october because there were no jobs in NJ.

i am so sorry! i wish there was some miracle idea i could give to make it all better. i really hope things get better for you soon. :icon_hug:

mmmm chocolate! That treatment DEFINITELY does wonders! :chuckle

I haven't started my internship yet (I start in January), but in the packet they gave us it clearly states for us to dress in either business casual or scrubs. I dunno how your hospital is because obviously every hospital has different expectations, ...

Yeah after moving all my offers were for the exact unit I wanted as well... That NEVER would have happened in NJ! Good luck to you as well!!

Congratulations on graduating!!! After graduation (May '08) I had weird feelings as well because all I have ever known is school and then it all just ended! I just didn't know what to do with myself and not being able to find a job did NOT help at a...

I would try to get help before letting it go any further. I found THAT one out the hard way as I ended up hospitalized the summer after my 3rd year of nursing school (4 year program) because I just let it go too far without help. The stress of everyt...

No it most definitely isn't! And thank you!

I had such a long gap because I graduated in NJ in which they just AREN'T hiring new grads I feel like... and so I finally just got up and moved to Houston where I was offered 3 positions within about a month or 2 of being here!

I'm not sure how many times you are able to take the Jurisprudence Exam but it was very easy because you can use the website to find the answers.

That's very helpful because my birthday is in Oct. and I was born in an odd year as well. Now it makes sense why it expires in less than a year!

Haha welllll I can agree with her. I was born in Texas and then moved up to NJ and lived there for about 11 years. And it was 11 years too long!!! People up north are just much different compared to people in the south. I don't want to be mean and sa...

It is definitely true that it is just woman-nature to gossip and be nasty to each other... but nurses are supposed to be in nursing because they are nice, caring, and good-hearted people. So why can't nurses just be nice and caring and good-hearted p...

I will be working in the NICU.. which I'm extremely excited about because it's exactly where I wanted to be! So I have 2 NICU books that I've been reading through to prepare myself since I don't really know much about the NICU (I only got to have 2 o...

In Houston, New Grads start between $22-$27 per hour with night differential being around the $3-$4 range. And the cost of living here is amazing!!! (At least it is compared to NJ which is where I just moved from.)

I am sort of in the same boat as you. I graduated in May and am not starting my first nursing job until January- which is a huge 8 month gap! During my gap I just kept reviewing my NCLEX study books because I felt like I was going to lose everything ...

:ancong!: :balloons:

A lot of my classmates studied 24/7 and did not have a life outside of nursing school.. and it seems like a lot of nursing students are like that. But that is not always the case because I got through nursing school just fine and was still able to ha...