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I did my preceptorship on Ellison 12, which is a neurology floor. The nurses are fabulous, many of them are young, all are friendly. I didn't have much interaction with the physicians but they all seemed nice and they have a great PA. My friend worked on White 7, a surgical trauma floor. I think the nurse manager on the floor is new since she left and a couple of her friends left the floor too (they all switched to travel so they did not leave b/c of the floor), but they all loved it and they were all great friends. I know the nurses,physicians and PA's have a great working relationship. MGH is Magnet and it shows, they all work as a team and I highly recommend them. B&W is great too, very smart nurses. Good luck to you!

So I did get to meet w/ the nurse recruiter for the Tufts-Floating Hospital today, so the nurse recruiter is specific to peds but her name is Jennifer Turner. You could find her over the website, which is www.tufts-nemc.org or try to find the (adult) nurse recruiter on the site. I asked her why they tend to not hire new grads at nemc and she said in general they will hire new grads but you have to be willing to put the work/time into orientation, meaning that you need to go home after your day and study,study,study. It sounded like the nurses are receptive and welcoming to you, once you prove to them that you are willing to put 100% effort in. I can't imagine not putting 100% effort into orientation so that doesn't sound like its asking alot from new grad, but the recruiter was saying that you'd be surprised. As for MGH, great,great,great hospital. Great nurses, loving and very welcoming nurses. I did my preceptor there and I love MGH. They are not union so the pay is a little less , the nurses do work hard and some people say their nurse/staff ratio is high but i NEVER saw that, and my friend worked there up until one month ago and she has nothing but wonderful comments on the hospital and the staff. The nurse recruiter for MGH is Sarah Welch and email is [email protected] Brigham & Women's is union, so higher pay but union dues plus union guidelines, some people like that and some people don't. They do have a great new grad orientation/preceptor program. Hope this helps. If there are any other hospitals your interested in knowing about....

I am in the same situation, what's worse is I am only interested in a position specific to peds. I know that it is virtually impossible to get into NEMC unless you know someone, and the one person I know (who is a PICU nurse) is even having a hard time trying to find out information for me. Late notice but they will be at the Job Fair tomorrow at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston (Thurs, 11/10). So if at all possible you may want to try that way. I don't have alot of information on NEMC but I do know that they have an extremely low turnover rate. Hope this helps and if i do get a name that is not specific to pediatrics I can pass it along to you.