Mt auburn hosp

nuwbee25 · Mar 30, 2009

Hi I had a friend who did her final clinical at Mt. Auburn and she liked it very much. Unfortunately jobs EVERYWHERE in the Boston area are almost impossible to come by if you are a new graduate nurse, however experienced nurses still have opportunities. As for Mt. Auburn she did not get hired there and could not even get an interview despite the fact she was a great student and had a great clinical experience. In Massachusetts most new grads start at anywhere from 27/hr to 33/hr and experienced nurses get paid on years of experience such as my Aunt who makes about 45 an hour at least.

surferbettycrocker · Mar 31, 2009

thanks for the information nuwbee. a friend of mine told me her mom is a nurse and they actually asked her mom to cut back her hours from full to part time. that seems crazy to me. is there any talk of things turning around in mass? seeing as that everyone in mass needs to have health ins. wouldn't that increase the need for rn's?? :twocents:

nuwbee25 · Mar 31, 2009

I am actually in North Carolina right now interviewing for RN positions. I am going to miss Boston but it just does not seem as though things will change there any time soon. Also there are so many nursing schools in the Boston area that there is simply no shortage! The friend I told about whose mother is a nurse was also asked to cut back from full time to part time.....I feel bad for the upcoming graduating class as well as for many of my fellow graduates. Good luck though....I love Boston and I will miss it if I relocate :bluecry1:

NeoPediRN · Apr 4, 2009

Surfer, everyone is required to have health insurance, but that's the problem....it's so expensive that most can't afford to use it. You just have to have SOME type of insurance, whether it's out of state or catastrophic coverage. Also, with so many layoffs and job cutbacks people are losing their benefits including health insurance. No one can afford to get sick because of the cost of being in the hospital and because they can't afford to be off work. Some plans require you to pay 20% of the bill or have coninsurance requirements. I haven't been to the doctor in over a year because I can't afford it, nevermind to have to get hospitalized.

I am only working 32 hours right now because of budget cutbacks. For everyone in favor of socialized medicine, I hope you realize this is the future with it. Everyone's equal, but only because those who have more have to pay for those who have less. Everyone has to have health insurance because there are so many uninsured people going to the hospital, and look what happened, we're all suffering. Those who can't afford it still can't afford it, and those can really can't because we have to pay for those who can't and now we're in trouble because the economy is in trouble. It's a ripple effect. I feel the pain every time I look at my paycheck and see hundreds of dollars taken out for Medicaid, social security and federal programs. I don't know who's social security I'm paying for at this point, but surely it's not my own!

surferbettycrocker · Apr 12, 2009

I wondered if now that the 'universal coverage' was in full effect that would increase the number of admissions possibly? but i was extremely naieve to think that hiring more nurses would actually come of that. I am surprised by the difficult time i am having trying ot get an RN job in mass. i was one who left hte state to obtain my degree, gain experience and head back. I don't want ot discourage the new grads thinking of following the same course, but it has been more difficult than i thought.

any suggestions?