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only 3 out of the hundreds i applied to online and in person asked me to come in for interview and the choices were:

1. goddard house assisted living, brookline

2. Kindred Healthcare in dedham

3. saint patrick's nursing home in framingham

I am sticking to choice number 2 for the experience and reputation of kindred (plus its not really a nurse home, its a rehab center?) ...i am a new grad and i have to start somewhere! please give me your feedbacks!

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only 3 out of the hundreds i applied to online and in person asked me to come in for interview and the choices were:

1. goddard house assisted living, brookline

2. Kindred Healthcare in dedham

3. saint patrick's nursing home in framingham

I am sticking to choice number 2 for the experience and reputation of kindred (plus its not really a nurse home, its a rehab center?) ...i am a new grad and i have to start somewhere! please give me your feedbacks!

CONGRATS!

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Beware of Kindred! Some of their "rehab" units consist of half long-term care patients, and half genuinely short-term rehab patients. Congrats!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.

I second Selene. Some of the Kindreds are excellent places to get your feet wet, but some of them are dangerous and staffed to the brim with new grads and agency. I would ask to shadow for a few hours before making your final decision. I worked at a Kindred facility for two years and watched it slide right down the tubes before finally quitting. I only stayed to help protect those patients but I just couldn't put myself at risk anymore. I want to reiterate though, not all Kindreds are like that.

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I believe Kindred in Dedham is a nursing home with complex patients with little staffing. If you have great clinical skills from nursing school you can keep you head above water.

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Beware of Kindred's "rehab". I did 3 months in a Kindred facility on a sub-acute unit. 50 pts, 2 nurses and the rehab part was trach's wound vacs, colostomies, vegetative coma, drug-seeking Hep C ascites with methadone and their drug-seeking pals looking for a high, and end-stage Alzheimer's pts who were vulneralbe beyond belief. Equipment unavailable, new admits without warning, bariatric pts with g-t's d-t's yada, yada, yada. Don't want to burst your bubble but Mass Kindred facilities have bad reps. If you need the paycheck, try to stay on the Alzheimer's/dementia unit and stay away from "rehab, sub-acute" You worked hard for your license, don't risk it.

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Did you interview at all 3 facilities? If not, you definitely should before you make a decision-look at staffing ratios and types of patients as well as talk with the nurses there (if you can). Every person is an individual and what works for one person may or may not work for another.Good luck!

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Specializes in Still a medic at heart but ICU, M/S, SVU.

A job, is a job, is a job in today's hard job economy. Enjoy the experience, get your feet wet and once you have a year or so under your belt...leave if you so choose! Congrats!!

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i joined kindred...so far its been okay...still orienting, the patient ratio is kinda weird ( like 15 - 18 patients to one nurse but okay for now...it is sorta like LTC but what can i do i need a job and steady paychecks. its just a little unorganized with now nurse manager, unit secretary. etc...its a really small facility but just trying to get my feet in the water.

is it true that it would be harder for me to get into a hospital job because i am doing long term care / sub acute care? because they only hire fresh grads at hospitals? but how come i didnt get any calls? i am a foreign nursing grad but i have a BSN...

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I would believe you are in LTC with that kind of assignment, you should know what kind of license the place has since it guides your nursing practice. Many skilled rehabs are Skilled nursing which are SNFS. Best to stay in this job at least a year or more. You need them as a reference for whatever you next position is. Job hopping for the next offer is not looked upon kindly.

A hospital will look at your achievements in a LTC when you apply.

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Specializes in L & D, Med-Surge, Dialysis.

Good job is hard to come by. Grab anyone and don't be selective until you're offered! Good Luck!

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hopintobern

Several Questions. Did you feel going to school off shore prepared you well for you current job?

Did you really save money ...I see you had to wait a long time before you could qualify to sit for the NCLEX, during the that time you could have found work ( the economy did not tank at that point)?

If you had to advise another was the money you saved worth it? Was you education equal to a US School?

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