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Thanks for your input! I'm really not extremely familiar with the Boston area and was itching toward Jamaica Plain, but with Medford as a an option, I'll def. look into that. I've tried craigslist, but am curious what other people have used to find roommates. Donna

Hey! I got offered a position at Boston Children's and need to find a place to live asap! I don't know the areas that well, but people definitely recommend living outside the city as it is much cheaper. I've been looking at Brookline, Brighton, Coolidge Corner, and Fenway but haven't had that much luck on craigslist. I do own a dog so that has made it extra difficult. Any local advice would help!! Donna

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It has been exactly a month and three days since my interview at a big children's hospital. I thought the interview went very well and received great feedback from human resources stating that they really liked me and she heard good things. When I followed up, human resources stated it would take a couple weeks. I kept checking the job listings and noticed they removed the position. I emailed human resources who stated they had great candidates already so they closed the position on the site to avoid additional applications. Then once a month hit, I called human resources because the position was supposed to start mid September. She stated that nothing was finalized yet and if they planned on hiring someone out of state (which I am), that person would start later. I told her I had called cause I was concerned I missed a rejection email. She said I should hear something within the next week. That has passed already.. I don't know what to do. Usually for previous interviews I would get a generic rejection email, but this is the first time I'm in lingo. What do you think?

Hey FutureNurse2B, checking if you even go on this site anymore but I'm curious about travel nursing and have alot of questions for you since you have already travelled with the company I'm in contact with.

So, I am about three months away from the end of my contract. I have been itching to leave this place, but not worth the 2500 they're stating I owe if I leave. I signed as a full time nurse, but my contract stated if I went part time or PRN I would have to pay 2500 because I broke contract. My unit is very small and ALL last summer, June July and August we had such a low census that I was cancelled once or twice a week. It definitely showed in my paychecks. Understandably a hospital could not foresee changes in census, but according to my manager as well as long term nurses on my unit, low census during the summer was the norm. I was never told this before I signed my contract and now they're asking me to pay when they are the ones who essentially made me part time/PRN all last summer? Do you think they broke contract?

Thank you everyone for your input! I really appreciate every single one of your comments and have taken to heart alot of what you all have said. Tomorrow is my last day on the unit and I really think my new job (part time three physician pediatric office to become full time) will be a step in the right direction for my passion which is pediatrics. Over the last two weeks, the unit has been extremely slow and the census is also low which included me being cancelled twice a row. These two days gave me time to really think about my decision to resign and I really believe I can handle the moments it gets busy on the unit, but do I really want to stay in rehab? I want to be exposed to so many different things as a new nurse and use what I learned in nursing school rather than pass meds all day and clean up patients. (this is not talking about all rehab, just what i've experienced on my unit) Time management has been my biggest struggle, not particularly unstable pts. I have such a HUGE desire to learn so many different things and I'm HOPING the pediatric office will expose me to more than just a pt needing a bowel program or a pt needing a cup of water.

So, long story short, 6 months without a job as a new grad, I took the first offer I got which happened to be a Rehab Hospital. 3 months of orientation went by and then my first week on my own was HELL. Three nights in a row without a break from pts calling nonstop for random things plus unstable pts needing priority with a 5-6 pt assignment. The last night, I broke down at work and was unable to focus anymore on what I needed to do. I put my two weeks in. Two weeks later, I have tomorrow to take back my resignation and continue with my employment. I do have a part time job in a three physician pediatric office lined up, but I'm TERRIFIED I made the wrong decision and I should've stuck it out. I want to pursue a nursing career in peds, but I don't know if rehab versus a peds office would be more conducive to that.

Long story short, I've been at my job for about four months. Took me six months to finally receive my first offer and without hesitation I took it. I have been on my own for three weeks now and I am completely burnt out. The last three shifts I've worked I haven't been able to take a break to eat or even chart. My charting is pushed til the end of shift because of pts constantly calling for random things such as needing a cup of water or cleaning them up after a bowel movement (I work with spinal cord pts who are unable to do these things for themselves). I have te help of amazing techs who are constantly busy and the clerks dont call me unless the techs are busy. It might be my time management, but if pts are constantly calling and managers telling us to never ignore call lights, I don't know how to fix the problem! I always have about six pts in my assignment who are usually stable, but during my shift pts receive meds at 4 530 6 8 10 o'clock, bowel programs, and on top of that admissions can come at any time during the shift. The other day it just was too much and I broke down at work and just couldn't focus on what I was doing anymore. It has come to the point where I've decided to resign because my stress level has been through the roof, but I'm scared it was the wrong decision. My family has been very supportive and have put my health as top priority but with the job market so tight, I'm scared I've made the worst decision. Maybe floor nursing just isnt for me All input is welcome please!

hey NocturneNrse, I too am in an environment that I would say is less than ideal. Just starting out the techs would say to my face I don't know anything, point their fingers in my face screaming, and just the other day yell at me to behave because I didn't say HELLO right when I walked into the breakroom where they were sitting. I hear nurses constantly talk trash about the techs and how they are lazy, but don't ever say anything about it. Listening to what other people have posted here is helpful, but it really is difficult to get out of the situation when it is SO hard to find a job nowadays. I'm the same way, I just walk away, but it just builds up and I just want to quit.

so i was hired for a new grad position in a rehab hospital about three months ago. next week is my last week of orientation, but throughout this experience i have come to realize that rehab isn't something i want to stick with. i don't feel like i am utilizing alot of skills i learned in nursing school and feel that when i start looking at other positions in a yr, i won't have the experience they're looking for, nor be ready. i have an interview coming up in an acute care pediatric hospital which has been my DREAM job since starting nursing school, but i'm scared of questions concerning my loyalty. do u all think it's dumb to even go to this interview? should i stick it out and look into other positions after a year? again, i am COMPLETELY thankful i found a job 6 months after graduation, but rehab just isn't for me. any and all input will help!

perhaps i'm not using the right term for this thread, but anyways. after 6 months, i finally received two job offers, i took the day shift one because i know i from prior experience, i physically have a difficult time with night shift. i've been on the unit for only two weeks and am completely baffled by the amount of yelling between nurse to nurse and secretary to nurse. and today, tech to nurse (me). i work on a spinal cord injury unit, so the techs really have a difficult time especially with our quads. at the end of my shift, when i needed to give report, i went to a pt's room to check their wound vac for any drainage. the pt asked me to send in the tech because they just had a bowel movement. i went to my preceptor and was about to ask if i could just do it myself even tho it was time to give report, but before i could do so, she asked the tech to check on the pt. the tech went ballistic and started screaming and both me and my preceptor. she was pointing her finger in our faces and yelling how all we did today was sit down while she was back and forth changing patients. i kept my mouth shut while my preceptor calmly told her how if she needed help all she needed to do was call. never have i experienced this before. i was so angry i started crying. i really want to apply for other jobs because this is a daily occurrence on the unit with nurses screaming at one another, but i also feel as though because the pt's are pretty stable and the hospital is tiny, i am not using the knowledge or skills i used in nursing school. also, when i do ask nurses simple questions such as to clarify what a medication is or why this pt is on this med, they always end up saying they don't know. i'm afraid of losing the skills i worked so hard to acquire in school. please help!

Thanks for sharing this!!! :w00t:

I am a graduate from a BSN program last December 2010. I passed my NCLEX with flying colors in February. And for more than a year of job hunting (mind you, I started job hunting prior to even starting my last semester of nursing school) I got a job! I just want everyone that is still job hunting to know... don't give up. I sent trillions of online applications without getting a single call. I've gone on countless interviews for hospital and clinics. I've sent clinics my resume directly. My family and close friends who know people at hospitals have been trying to help me out. But really, this ended up on luck. The program I applied for had finished interviewing and called people for offers but (THANK THE LORD) these individuals already took offers elsewhere. So, they ended up looking back into their pile of applicants who applied recently and I got a call. I've noticed that, based off my experience alone, if you don't hear anything within applying for a position for a week, then you probably don't have an interview. AND, interviews do NOT equal getting the position. So don't sit around waiting for the call... take whatever you can get and keep on applying! Best of luck everyone!

Hey guys! I'm new to allnurses, well not really...I've been reading different forums for advice and whatnot. For those that have been turned down, how long did it take til you received that email? I interviewed back on May 20th and I followed up twice. The second time HR stated that I was still being considered. Wonder what is the status on those who haven't heard anything either...?