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1. BMC and MGH New Grad Residency programs?

   bostonRN2013 replied to bostonRN2013's topic in Massachusetts

   St Louis! You can get a job in an acute care setting relatively easily as a new grad. I ended up working at Barnes-Jewish, which is a major teaching Hospital in St Louis. Loved it there and honestly would still work there if we didn't have to move to...

2. BMC and MGH New Grad Residency programs?

   bostonRN2013 replied to bostonRN2013's topic in Massachusetts

   Hey! I actually ended up moving out of state. Boston is awesome and that's home for me but it's so hard to find a job as a new grad. With that said, I know of several people who got jobs at Beth Israel as new grads. Like you said, that was 5 years ag...

3. Barry CRNA Starting 2018

   bostonRN2013 replied to fsnurselaur9's topic in SRNA

   Yep. My application was complete in April. Fingers crossed still because I want this so, so bad. But I'm starting to look at my other options at this point just to prepare myself.

4. Barry CRNA Starting 2018

   bostonRN2013 replied to fsnurselaur9's topic in SRNA

   Hey all, My application is complete and under review now. No word on an interview yet...but I was thinking way ahead and wondering if I am accepted into the program then do I have to have the chemistry class completed prior to taking the head start c...

5. Is it appropriate to contact the nurse manager?

   bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hi all, I am trying to figure out the etiquette as far as contacting the nurse manager and/or HR after an interview. I am a new grad RN, and have been looking for a job for a little over 6 months now. I had an interview last week for a unit that I r...

6. St Elizabeth's Belleville RN Residency Program 2014

   bostonRN2013 replied to DazzlingDivaBSN,RN's topic in Illinois

   Hi DazzlingDiva_RNStdnt, Did you hear back from St Elizabeth's? I have an interview tomorrow and I'm so nervous! This is the program that I want. So, so bad!

7. St Elizabeth's Belleville RN Residency Program 2014

   bostonRN2013 replied to DazzlingDivaBSN,RN's topic in Illinois

   I sent in my application as well this week! I'm very anxious to hear something. Best of luck to you!! :)

8. Job Market for New Grad RNs in St. Louis?

   bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Missouri

   Hi all, I'm curious to find out what the job market is like for new grads in the St. Louis area. I am also wondering if anyone knows of any new grad programs that may be starting in early 2014? A little bit about me: I graduated about a month ago wi...

9. How long should I give post-interview for a response?

   bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   So I had an interview at a hospital last week with the nurse manager of a medical floor. She is looking for new grads (which I am) to fill 3 or 4 per diem positions. It seemed like the interview went great and I had a great feeling about it afterwar...

10. High School Senior Interested In Nursing

    bostonRN2013 replied to mikeg1230's topic in Massachusetts

    I'm not going to lie and say that you're definitely going to get a great job in a major Boston hospital right after graduating college. Then again, you won't be graduating until, what, 2018?? There's a lot that can change between now and then in the...

11. Preceptor gift for senior practicum?

    bostonRN2013 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, I am about to finish up a 2 month full time preceptorship for my senior practicum, and I am struggling with figuring out an appropriate gift for my preceptor (he's a guy...so a lot of the ideas that have been suggested to me, such as flowers ...

12. Should I go see the Nurse Manager of the floors I am applying to?

    bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Hi Everyone, I am a new graduate nurse and I am currently job hunting. Some people have recommended that I go and give the nurse manager my resume in person to express my interest, and others have said I should email the nurse manager my resume/cove...

13. BMC and MGH New Grad Residency programs?

    bostonRN2013 replied to bostonRN2013's topic in Massachusetts

    Thanks for all of the info, guys! Maybe they'll offer some more programs in the near future. I think you're right bsuciu, I have heard the same thing about partners hospitals hiring from within first, which makes total sense. Good luck to you both on...

14. BMC and MGH New Grad Residency programs?

    bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Massachusetts

    Hi all, I have heard from some other nursing students that Boston Medical Center and MGH are planning on offering new grad RN programs "soon." I looked on both of their websites and found very limited information on either one of these programs. So,...

15. Boston job prospects for new grad

    bostonRN2013 posted a topic in Massachusetts

    Hi all, I know that this topic as been beaten to death, but I haven't seen any recent posts about this for 2013. So, I was wondering what people's thoughts were for new grad job prospects in the Boston area? I'm pretty flexible with where I start o...