[ltvixen]

Hi everyone!!

ok, so I thought i had my plans all set, i was sure i was going to try and get accepted at pitt county when i graduate this spring to work in the ED. However, I just had an email from their nurse recruiter stating they had a recent change in policy and now they don't take new grads into the ED, we need a year's experience first.

I would like to start out in ED (although i know this is a highly debated topic) so I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for nc. It seems like such a wonderful and beautiful state, I really want to move ther (i'm from Canada).

So thanks for any suggestions, i appreciate them all.

Vixen

[27YearRN]

Try New Hanover in Wilmington. Seven miles from the beach. Great weather. Getting crowded but really a nice place to work. They do hire new grads in nearly all their areas.
New Hanover Health Network, a North Carolina hospital network in Wilmington

[ltvixen]

my only concern with living that close to the beach would be hurricanes and other severe weather problems. anyone care to comment on what kind of damage wilmington sees on a yearly basis?

[Cherish]

Yea wilmington does have hurricanes it is nice place to check out. The weather isnt that great during hurricane season though. I think you would prefer the Middle of North Carolina or the Mountains. Check out the Raleigh/Durham area, Charlotte, or Asheville (resembles british columbia, vancouver area). You can check out the UNC, Duke, Rex, Wake Med, there all in Raleigh Durham Area. Or you can check out the Charlotte area and check out Presbyterian hospital. I was born and raised till I was 13 in Toronto, so welcome.

P.S. Just curious y NC? I've lived in 9 states, NC really isnt in my top 5.

[ltvixen]

well, i settled on nc for these reasons: i've never lived or even been to the states other than a trip to disneyworld when i was 10 which obviously doesn't count. so i wanted a coastal state - not necessarily to live on the coast, just to be able to get there in a day or less. i'm from cape breton ns which means i've grown up being surrounded by water and mountains. so if it was going to be a coastal state that cuts out most of america. i chose east coast because my best friend from nsg school wants to move with me, but wants to not go too far from home. and i am sick of nasty cold winters, but i am a redhead, which means i really didn't want to go too far south. so i heard nc was beautiful, with coast and mountains, mild winter, tonnes of other canadians, and i've heard great things about the research and work going on in the triangle. so thought i'd start there. not saying i'll stay there forever (probably won't in fact, since i love to travel). but it seems like a good starting point.

so that being said, what are your top 5?

[truern]

Best check out some hurricane tracking maps.....Raleigh is often smack dab in the middle of the activity. Hurricanes Fran and Floyd ring a bell??

That said...the Triangle is a great place to be. Just hours from the mountains..ditto for the beach. Plenty of hospitals to choose from..great shopping, etc.

[gitterbug]

Check on the often over-looked, but nice state of Virginia. It has mountains, beaches, change of seasons, lots of history, and good facilities.

[ltvixen]

gitterbug, do you know of any hospitals that take new grads into the er that you would recommend?

[Cherish]

My top 5 Texas, Colorado, Massachussettes(Sp), Virginia, and New York.

[erRNny]

As an Er Rn in NY I beleive a new grad does not belong in the E.R. as a starting basis, get a little experience first. (NY doesn't allow new ER grads either) At my hospital you get some med/surg exp. then precepted a few months in the ER till your year is up. Its worth it!