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I'm hoping to relocate to the East Coast within the next year and am open to location. My biggest hope is to work in a level one trauma center (and live near water) and I know minimal about hospitals out east and have done some internet search but would love to hear from others' experiences. Thanks.

Update: I have an interview in a couple of weeks at University of Maryland Medical Center in their Shock Trauma Center in the NeuroTrauma ICU. Super excited and nervous. I hope this goes well, it would mean a lot to me.

Seems like you're more interested in the Northeast? Down here in Miami we have Jackson Memorial Trauma Center which is Nationally renowned for their Trauma Resus/Trauma ICU and Burn units. It is located within Downtown Miami and extremely close to the beach... it doesn't get much more like east coast living than that. Also, a younger hospital closer to the center of Miami called Kendall Regional just recently put a lot of funding into their ICU and satellite units and became a level II trauma. They also have a burn unit and well-known Pediatric ER.

Good luck on your journey!

Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.

Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE.

Seems like you're more interested in the Northeast? Down here in Miami we have Jackson Memorial Trauma Center which is Nationally renowned for their Trauma Resus/Trauma ICU and Burn units. It is located within Downtown Miami and extremely close to the beach... it doesn't get much more like east coast living than that. Also, a younger hospital closer to the center of Miami called Kendall Regional just recently put a lot of funding into their ICU and satellite units and became a level II trauma. They also have a burn unit and well-known Pediatric ER.

Good luck on your journey!

We are predominantly interested in the northeast for a variety of reasons. I hadn't heard of the hospital system in Miami but I'm all about keeping my options open and I'll look into that. Thank you for suggestions.

Specializes in I/DD.

If you aren't looking for glamorous weather you can check out University of Rochester, rochester is right between Buffalo and Syracuse, and is the region's level 1 trauma center. It isn't very exciting, but you get all 4 seasons, the job market/cost of living isn't bad, and depending on where you live you will be close to Lake Ontario and within an hour of the finger lakes. Adirondacks are a 3-5 hour drive and there are plenty of cottages/cabins to rent. You can live in the "country" and still be anywhere from 20-45 minutes from the hospital. But if you are looking for honest to goodness beaches and sun you might be disappointed, it's not exactly a vacation spot.

As far as the hospital goes, you have BTICU, CVICU, SICU, MICU, and Neuro ICU to pick from, as well as their assorted step down units. All very progressive. I'm not familiar with the trauma world but the cardiac unit does lots of ecmo, total artificial hearts, and related cool toys. The MICU's strength is the teamwork between RNs and docs, I don't know much about life in the SICU except that they have a generally good rep in the hospital. Neuro ICU is brand new with room for growth. Lots of patients are transferred from hospitals as far as Albany for care.

If you aren't looking for glamorous weather you can check out University of Rochester, rochester is right between Buffalo and Syracuse, and is the region's level 1 trauma center. It isn't very exciting, but you get all 4 seasons, the job market/cost of living isn't bad, and depending on where you live you will be close to Lake Ontario and within an hour of the finger lakes. Adirondacks are a 3-5 hour drive and there are plenty of cottages/cabins to rent. You can live in the "country" and still be anywhere from 20-45 minutes from the hospital. But if you are looking for honest to goodness beaches and sun you might be disappointed, it's not exactly a vacation spot.

As far as the hospital goes, you have BTICU, CVICU, SICU, MICU, and Neuro ICU to pick from, as well as their assorted step down units. All very progressive. I'm not familiar with the trauma world but the cardiac unit does lots of ecmo, total artificial hearts, and related cool toys. The MICU's strength is the teamwork between RNs and docs, I don't know much about life in the SICU except that they have a generally good rep in the hospital. Neuro ICU is brand new with room for growth. Lots of patients are transferred from hospitals as far as Albany for care.

That sounds like a great option. I'll look into that. Thank you. :)

Specializes in ER/Trauma.

Inova Fairfax in Falls Church, VA. MedSTAR Washington Hospital Center, in NW DC. UVA in Charlottesville, VA (not near water, sorry). Shock Trauma in Baltimore you know. Several in Boston and NY, probably one in Richmond, VA though I'm forgetting the name.

And congratulations for the interview with Shock Trauma! I was able to tour the trauma bays and resuscitation area and it is an extremely impressive environment.

Inova Fairfax in Falls Church, VA. MedSTAR Washington Hospital Center, in NW DC. UVA in Charlottesville, VA (not near water, sorry). Shock Trauma in Baltimore you know. Several in Boston and NY, probably one in Richmond, VA though I'm forgetting the name.

And congratulations for the interview with Shock Trauma! I was able to tour the trauma bays and resuscitation area and it is an extremely impressive environment.

Thank you so much. My friend works in the critical care receiving unit there and she loves it. Their benefits, especially education are amazing. I'm heading there tomorrow. I'm always open to suggestions and if it doesn't work out at this interview. I'll keep looking and applying.

Shock Trauma- Baltimore (for adults)... or Hopkins PICU for peds trauma

Shock Trauma- Baltimore (for adults)... or Hopkins PICU for peds trauma

I'm interviewing tomorrow for NeuroTrauma in the Shock Trauma Center... so excited and soooo nervous. :)

Update: I've been offered the position and am extremely excited and terrified at the same time. The fact that they see almost 9000 people a year is amazing and I think the opportunities are numerous there for me to learn and grow.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I am sure you mean 90,000... not 9,000.....;).

Congratulations! You will be busy!!!

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