Bay Area Hospitals- RN

[marbur, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone!

This is my first post and am hoping to find some help. My significant other has accepted a job in the Bay Area in California. We hope to live somewhere in Berkeley. I currently am a ICU RN in Minneapolis, MN and have never been to CA.... So I am looking for some help :) Can anyone tell me about good hospitals to work for in the area? I am very open to working anywhere... I hope to go back for CRNA school so I'd like to stay in the ICU. The down fall is that I am a New Grad and only have a couple months of experience. By the time we move I will have had 6 months. I have looked at a few places but its hard to get a feel just from online. Also, I have contacted some HRs and they send me the generic information about the hospital and how to apply for jobs, so it is not that helpful.

Seriously any advice or help would be amazing! I appreciate it immensely!

[MirageRN]

Hello! How was the move? Were you able to find an ICU job in the Bay? I am from the Bay Area but have to move down south in the central valley to get an ICU experience (hopefully continue with CRNA or NP school after gaining solid experience and earn enough savings). I am thinking of moving back up there and find an ICU job once I get a year or two of experience here. A lot of people here are saying that a year of experience would get me no ICU job in the Bay, but I have met one nurse who moved all the way to NC just to gain 8 months of ICU experience then luckily able to land a CVICU job in the North Bay Area. How was your case? :)