Should i leave Maryland and move to Boston?

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I work as a BSN educated RN at a prestigious academic hospital in Baltimore as an oncology nurse. Its the perfect job, the nurse-pt ratio is 1:3 at the most. The nurses i work with are awesome and my nurse manager is great. I dont work too many nights even though my job description says rotational. The reason why im saying all of this is because its the perfect job but its in Baltimore and my husband hates it here. He moved to Boston when he was a teen and all of his friends are there. Basically i am supposed to give up the job i love and move to Boston where i dont think i can even get a job from all of the many posts that i have read. So is it really that hard to get a job in Boston as an experienced RN and i mean 1+ yr folks. Is it worth moving from Baltimore to Boston where the cost of living is expensive? Is the market going to get any better after the Safety Bill for RNs was passed recently? So many questions. I just need some good points for and against moving to bring up to my husband. I love him and hes miserable here but i dont want to go into financial ruin moving to Boston and not getting a job. Please help.

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I just moved to Boston from Baltimore. (2 yrs experience, BSN, OCN, academic hospital). I thought I would have had a problem finding an oncology job, but in the end, it was fairly easy. Be prepared, though: for as expensive as Boston is compared to Baltimore, the hourly rate is dismally low!!! Then again, you're probably much less likely to get shot and/or mugged walking to and from your place of employment. That's got to be worth something.

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If you are looking to stay in oncology you may not have too much of an issue. I know Beth Israel had a few postings for their hem/onc floor over the past few weeks. Most of the Boston hospitals are on an external hiring freeze right now and have been for a couple of months. The ones that are NOT on a hiring freeze have very little open. B&W hospital only has a 2% nursing shortage. Times are very tough right now and I think a lot of the lack of available positions has to do with nurses returning to the workfield due to the state of the economy....plus it is glut time around here with all the new grads competing for jobs. I honestly don't think now is a great time to move to Massachusetts...if relocating elsewhere is an option I would sincerely consider the midwest. There's a dire nursing shortage out there. Good luck!

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i have to kind of agree with octobersbride...the boston area is so stagnant right now and the economy is definately suffering (not that it isn't elsewhere!!). being an experienced nurse, i'm sure you'd have no problems finding a job. they don't want to train people!

i was offered interviews at 2 "prestigious" hospitals: duke and johns hopkins...but i didn't even get called for an interview at rehab hospitals around here (actually i applied to over 10 hospitals and none ven had the courtesy to call me back- even to say i didn't get the job). i'm moving. i do love eastern mass though and so does my entire family. i will really miss so much about it.

soooo if you find a job you like and can deal with the outlandish cost of living, i say go for it. it really is a lovely palce to live.

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