New Grad BSN Options Boston Area

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Specializes in Psych.

Hi there! I just graduated with a BSN from an accelerated program in New York. I'm taking the NCLEX in Massachusetts in a few weeks since my husband will be going to school in Boston, so we will be living there starting in August.

All of the posts about new grad jobs in Boston are either super old or only discuss new grad programs specifically.

I'm looking to apply anywhere and everywhere that I have a chance of getting a job. Any new grad programs you DO know of that are hiring?

Any outpatient centers, VA hospitals, clinics, alternative options for someone who can't move farther out of the Boston/Boston Suburbs, who is a BSN newgrad?

Any advice appreciated.

PS- the one positive about this endeavor is I do have a lot of time to look. We are expecting so I won't be looking to start until the earliest, November.

PPS- I have no options other than Boston so please be as positive as you can! :) :) I am aware it's a tough market for new grads.

Thanks in advance for any comments!

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Things really open up job-wise as your get 15-20 miles out of the city and the commute shouldn't be killer if you are going reverse.

Specializes in Psych.

What do you mean by going reverse?

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
What do you mean by going reverse?

Living in the city and commuting out to the suburbs: going against traffic

Specializes in Psych.

Oh! I've never heard that phrase before. Yeah that wouldn't be too bad at all and I'm not opposed to a commute at all. Which cities are within an hour? I've been looking at Worcester, not sure where else.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
Oh! I've never heard that phrase before. Yeah that wouldn't be too bad at all and I'm not opposed to a commute at all. Which cities are within an hour? I've been looking at Worcester, not sure where else.

Use google maps or something similar to look for hospitals along the major highways (90, 93, 95, 495) you could easily commute as far south as Plymouth, north to Newburyport, west to Worcester.

You may do better job hunting on the north/south vs the west.

Specializes in Pedi.
Oh! I've never heard that phrase before. Yeah that wouldn't be too bad at all and I'm not opposed to a commute at all. Which cities are within an hour? I've been looking at Worcester, not sure where else.

Worcester is pretty far to commute from Boston. I commute to the north shore a couple days a week and it generally takes me as long to get to the NH border as it does to get to my weekly meeting in Charlestown, 10 miles from my house. Traffic in Boston proper is terrible. Reverse commuting, as BostonFNP said, is commuting to the suburbs from Boston. It's reverse because the rest of the state is commuting from the suburbs to Boston. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that if you'll be working nights, a reverse commute suddenly becomes a regular commute- you're leaving the city during rush hour and coming home during rush hour and I cannot imagine sitting in rush hour traffic after working a night shift.

In Boston, your standard highly competitive academic medical centers are: Mass General, Brigham and Women's, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston Children's, Boston Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center. I would think outside this box as a lot of the new grad positions will be long gone by November and most of the new grads hired have connections from having gone to school here. In the Longwood area, you will also find Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Joslin Diabetes Center. Both are fully outpatient.

There are VA Hospitals in West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. JP is, I believe, exclusively outpatient.

Smaller hospitals in the city and hospitals not far outside the city I would consider are: Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Carney Hospital, Norwood Hospital, Brockton Hospital, South Shore Hospital. Those are the ones that come to mind. Some (cough Steward cough) I don't think are particularly desirable employers but, if you're willing to consider anything, consider anything.

Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns.

Also good luck with the cost of living, it is atrocious in MA, and not much better in Southern NH. Whether renting or buying, save up some money!!!

As Kel stated there are many many hospitals outside the city, and if your husband doesn't mind commuting to school you may be better off living well outside the city for better job and housing options.

Annie

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