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I think a lot of them are in the FNP track? I am in the NNP track ?

Thanks, Candalilla!! Yea I emailed her yesterday and that’s what she said but it was never attached to my acceptance email so she did send me one yesterday ! I’m glad you mentioned it. Thanks !!! ??

I haven’t got the new student guide email. When did you receive it ? I really felt like something was missing ! Lol I guess I need to contact them ! Oh and did you get it through your utmb email or your regular email?

Hello, classmates! Just curious.. have you set up your utmb email and checked your mystar since you’ve been accepted and paid your deposit? What does it say on your application status? Does it say admitted, accepted or complete ? Mine said “accepted” and it changed back to “complete” after I paid the deposit and accepted admission. It’s just confusing me. Feel like it should say admitted or something ... And have you received any additional communication via email ? I guess we won’t until it’s closer to the orientation date but ... just wanted to check to ease my mind ! ?

I hear you !! It seems like forever. Hopefully you hear from them soon !!

Thank you !!

I just found out I have been accepted as well! I’m excited and nervous!! ??

Congratulations! Did they send you an email to let you know? When did you submit your application?

Hi! I applied for the NNP track. I submitted the supplemental application on 1/8 and haven’t heard anything yet. Hopefully soon.. lol Good luck I hope you get in !! ☺️

Has anybody applied to the fall 2019 NP program at UTMB ? When did you submit your application and have you heard anything from them yet? and what track did you apply to? Just wanting to connect with people because this wait is killing me !! ?

Hi, just wonder if you heard anything from them? I am thinking of applying for the fall 2019 program. :)

BabyRN1023. That sounds nice! But we live far from st.louis and it's not feasible for us to move.. (my husband job etc...) i would've in a heartbeat if i was a single! Lol :) i might have a luck here with one hospital applied to. Thanks for the reply tho!! :)

Reading your post, I feel like I need way more preparation. I've applied to several more places but no luck. There are no places that are willing to train experienced nurses like they train new grads which is understandable. But it's frustrating.. I should start taking classes and get NRP and STABLE and as much as certificates related to NICU. And hopefully somebody is willing to hire me then.. good luck for you! Let me know when you get hired at NICU! I think you have a really good chance. I can see how passionate and comitted you are! You will be a great nicu nurse. Thanks for replying! :)

Thanks zeus&lincoln! I just didn't have that advantage to get into a residency program when I graduated because we had to move to a very small town for my husband's job. The hospitals there didn't even have NICU's at all. but... thanks for the encouragement. I'm going to apply to every NICU I can here and still don't have a luck to get in then I might try mother baby or nursery like you said.. need to do anything to get my dream job.. :) One question for you though.. those experienced nurses who's hired there at your unit, do you know what kind of training they went through? did they pretty much go through what new graduates would or.. any idea? Thanks again! :)

I'm one discouraged RN here.. I'm woking at an adult acute care right now and trying to be a NICU nurse. I started out as a med-surg and tele RN.. and have been an RN for about 4 years.. recently I was thinking about what I really wanted to do and found that NICU is where my heart is and wanted make it a career. So I started applying to hospitals around here. I live in a decent size city and have big hospital systems around... most of the hospitals I applied to didn't even schedule me an interview but one.. I was so excited and thought maybe it will be possible for me to be a NICU RN !! I thought the interview went pretty well and the director liked me. Also they said they will put me through the internship which was nice because I don't have any NICU experience. So I was waiting and found out that they hired new grads over me.. It seems like all the hospitals like to hire new grads and put them through the residency program instead of hiring a experienced nurse from different specialty. I understand why they do it but I am just very discouraged and disppointed feel like I will never get a job at NICU.. I don't know if I should give up and pursue a different specialty.. but I really want to be a NICU nurse.. So.. is there any NICU nurses here that started somewhere else and ended up at NICU? How did you get hired ? What kind of training did you receive when you started? Where did you work before NICU? Please tell me there's hope!