Getting ready for my NCLEX in Boston

[TaoMedic]

This is the first nursing board I have participated in, and I actually found it while researching New Grad positions in Boston. I'll be taking my NCLEX sometime in the next few months. I am an EMS veteran with about 15 years on the ambu, I have my Critical Care Paramedic, PALS/ACLS/BLS Instructor and have participated in most of the high-end Con Ed I can find (ACLS-EP, Advanced Trauma Life Support, etc).

I am going to be getting my resume together and applying to the Big 3 here in Boston (BI, the Brigham, Mass General), and I'm interested in any of the Critical Care and Emergency Medicine disciplines.

I look forward to participating and taking any advice I can here.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Welcome

Moving this to the NCLEX forum

[TaoMedic]

Actually I posted this exactly where I wanted it..... in the Introduction section. Thanks for moving it......

[HappyPediRN]

Good luck! I am also in Boston and just passed my NCLEX. You have a lot more experience than I do, but the Boston market is extremely saturated at this time. There are almost NO openings anywhere for new grads. My friends who have worked at the three major Boston hospitals cannot even get jobs there! You have a huge leg up with all your critical care experience so it may be much easier for you. I've been searching 8 months and have yet to find a job...

[suzanne4, RN]

Focus on taking and passing the NCLEX exam before you even apply for a job in the Boston area. The market there is quite saturated, and you are really going to need to have the license in hand to have a chance at a new grad program there.

Number of applicants far exceeds what is available.

You may wish to check out the Massachusetts Forum to get more specifics as to what is happening there, very similar to the Bay Area market now. Hard to crack it as a new grad.

Best of luck to you.