fencemender

not sure where your moving from but I would recommend either St.Joseph's or Crouse for Syracuse hospitals and they may be smaller than where you're coming from.. There is also Cortland Regional Medical Center about 20 minutes to the south which has associations with St. Joseph's. It is more like a smaller community hospital, but is still good. I hope this helps.

thanks so much for your replies DionaLPN & mixy. its good to hear some confirmation of the decision I made to go to Crouse. I can't wait to start. mixy, northside baptist just happens to be one of the churches my wife and I were planning on checking out. It looks somewhat similar to the church we're with now, although ours is not Southern Baptist. We're moving in a couple of weeks and putting our stuff in storage, staying with friends while we look for a place to live. It'll be good to come back to Central NY. now, back to studying for the NCLEX.

I'm a new grad moving back to Central New York from NE Ohio. Both my wife's and my families are still here and the hospitals are all hiring. anyone have suggestions on places to live, apartments, houses for rent, good neighborhoods, good area churches. I accepted a position in the Cardiac Unit(4) at Crouse. It seemed to have the best atmosphere of all the hospitals I interviewed at, although St. Joseph's and Community General seemed good. Upstate did not seem to want to deal with me since I am coming from out-of-state and need a limited permit until I take the NCLEX. Crouse had the best new grad and relocation packages. I hope I made the right decision because I heard both positive and negative comments about the place since I got the job. Is there anyone on this site that works there that can let me know the ins and outs of working at Crouse?