Need advice please-moving to Maryland

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Hi! I currently live in Florida and will be finishing nursing school in December. As soon as I obtain my nursing license (which im hoping no later than March 2010) I will be moving with my fiance' and 4 year old to Maryland. We are looking around Silver Spring or Laurel. I have never been to Maryland, however, my fiance was born there and his family used to live there. Right now the only people we know that live in Maryland are 2 close friends. Can anyone please give me some advise on hospitals or safe places to live in, near good schools? I've been looking at houses and see that housing is expensive. Houses that we've been interested in are in or around Upper Marlboro, Silver Springs, Laurel, Fort Wash., and Gaithersburg. I was also told that traffic is crazy there so if anyone can guide me towards the hospitals that would'nt be farther than a 30 min drive I would really appreciate it.

The hospitals in Maryland that I am most interested in are:

Holy Cross hospital, Silver Spring

Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly

Howard County General hospital, Columbia

Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel

If anyone has any advise, or other suggestions PLEASE let me know! I have read other threads and am aware of how long it might take me to obtain a Maryland license thru endorsement. I just want to try and make this move/transition as smooth as possible. thanks in advance :wink2:

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Caroladybelle, what unit were you a pt on?

I was a pt in the ED. I lived down the block and was working at the NIH, which does not have an ED.

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I was a pt in the ED. I lived down the block and was working at the NIH, which does not have an ED.

Yeah, I saw an ED mishap last week. I am in the ICU and it is a whole different environment there. However, there are worse hospitals to go to. Did you go to the ED from NIH?

What IC were you with at NIH? When I left I was with ORS.

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Yeah, I saw an ED mishap last week. I am in the ICU and it is a whole different environment there. However, there are worse hospitals to go to. Did you go to the ED from NIH?

What IC were you with at NIH? When I left I was with ORS.

What is IC?

NIH sends it's peeps to Suburban, for care. I unfortunately got acutely ill on my time off, and I lived in apartments just kittycornered to Shady Grove. I had also done assignments at Adventist facilities before. I was too hypotensive to report to Suburban and Shady Grove was practically at my doorstep.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, lifetime Diabetes Education.

IC = institute center (ex. NCI, NHLBI, NIDDK, NIMH, etc.)

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

Clinical center - see your PMs.

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