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rn jobs that provide some kind of orientation/prep period for their new graduate nurses, does that make any sense. sorry to be confusing!

hi everyone, i am a soon to be new grad bsn-rn from the boston area. currently there are NO new grad nursing jobs in the state- it has been very discouraging. i have been told to relocate to another area of the country, but most places that I have looked into seem to be having very similiar problems. can anyone suggest an area of the country that is currently hiring new grads? i would like to remain as close to MA as possible for family reasons, but I am willing to do anything at this point. Any helpful suggestions!

hi everyone, so i am entering my last semester of nursing school and have just been assigned to my preceptorship. I am doing it in a community hospital outside of Boston in the PACU/OR. Does anyone have any advise about starting, interesting articles to read up, or even some help with some OR basics. I have read the so your observing and the OR thread and it was helpful. I have never worked in the OR environment before so it is definately going to be a change, but I think I am ready for the challenge. Does anyone think this experience would help me in getting a job? Also, I thought it was interesting how I have been be assigned to the two seperate areas. Would it be common to try and train new nurses to cross train in the PACU/OR. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank youu!

Thank you for your advice, thats was helpful! Could you give me an idea about on average and i am sure it depends on the facility but the number of patients a nurse may have at one time? I assume that PACU nurses take call as well? Do you think this is a good experience for someone in their last semester (esp getting comfortable with giving more complex meds etc). Any more info would be great. Thank you!

hi everyone, so i am entering my last semester of nursing school and have just been assigned to my preceptorship. I am doing it in a community hospital outside of Boston in the PACU/OR. Does anyone have any advise about starting, interesting articles to read up, or even some help with some PACU basics. Also, I thought it was interesting how I have been be assigned to the two seperate areas. Would it be common to try and train new nurses to cross train in the PACU/OR. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank youu!

hi everyone, i am a senior who is getting ready to enter my senior practicum in the spring. i am very interested in getting involved in the OR and have to write a list of goals that i would like to achieve while i am in the program. i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of what kind of goals would be appropriate for this type of nursing ( i would be doing everything with a preceptor). any ideas would be appreciated. thank you!

i live very veryy close to NEMC and it is definately a location that I would like to know more about. Does anyone have any info on tufts-new england medical center?? New grad program? Pay scale? What are the benefits like? Has anyone heard if the nurses were satisfied there? Any what kind of units do the specialize in (besides the floating for peds)? Any other info about it would be great. Also, if anyone can recommend other good new grad nursing programs would be appreciated, thank youuu!!

hi everyone, i recently recieved my preceptor request for my last semester of nursing school. we have been given a list of a bunch of very different units. there is a hiring freeze in my area, especially for new grads, so i feel like it would be in my best interest to start out inb med surg. can anyone recommend a quieter less chaotic area of meg-surg? i tend to be very organized and do not like the high stress and disorganization of a regular floor. i have been on a general med/surg floor and an ortho floor and really did not like either of them. i now have the choice of renal, neuro, cardia, oncology,gu/gi, trauma, and transplant. i was thinking maybe transplant, how does that measure up to a gen. med surg? thank you for the help!