bjp3RN

Hello! My fiancé is getting transferred to San Francisco for his job in February. I'm thrilled(!) BUT... I recently graduated from a second degree BSN program and just started (Sept '12) a job in a very well known, top-rated children's hospital in the PICU. I love the unit and patient population but the timing is just terrible. I despise the city I'm currently living in on the east coast. The fiancé is moving mid-February and I am hoping to move once I find a job in a comparable setting, either peds ICU or ER, however I'm VERY concerned that being a relatively new nurse will hurt my chances of securing a job. Does anyone have any insight on this? I've already taken my PALS and plan on taking my CCRN and CPN certifications to help my resume-that will help my case, right? I'm not the type of person to move without having a job lined up, especially since SF has such a high cost of living. Also, I'd like to say that I could last until next September (one year in the PICU) here but I really don't think that's an option for me. (It's an absolutely miserable city, especially without any family nearby.) Any information/insight/advice would be great. Or if anyone has been in a similar situation. Thanks!

Yea...that's a good point. Maybe I'll leave her at home.

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, but I just booked my ticket to come to Philly for the BSN/MSN interviews. So nervous already. This may be a really silly question, don't judge me, but is anyone bringing family with you to the interview day at Penn, obviously not to the interview itself but for the rest of the day? My mom is a retired nurse and has a strong, ridiculous desire to come with me to see the campus...any thoughts? Appropriate? Not appropriate? OR if any previous or current students see this, were there parents at your interview day? I've been to a few other orientation type things at different schools and it seemed like a lot of parents/husbands/wives were there... just wondering. How's everyone feeling? Confident? Hope so! Thanks guys.