Relocating & pregnant..need help and advice please!

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Hi everyone!

I am relocating to the Atlanta area as soon as I can find work. My husband is starting grad school at Emory in August. We found out we are pregnant not too long ago, which really throws a wrench into our plans. I'm currently 16 weeks along and not showing, although I probably will be within 1-2 months (first baby). I am not exactly a brand "new" grad; I graduated with a B.S.N. in December of 2008 and have been working for just short of a year- June will make 1 year. My experience is in the community setting because that is all I could find at the time. I supervise the health care of a group of adults with developmental disabilities/psych issues at a day program. I actually spend a lot of time with them out in the community and teaching curricula vs. traditional nursing with the exception of first aid, medications, and diabetes/seizure management (and all the paperwork).

I have desperately searched for hospital jobs in Boston for a long time now and have been unable to get past the interview stage..interviews have been scheduled and then canceled, I've been told I'm great and should be hearing from them very soon and then never called, connections at hospitals promised to help get me in, etc. The market is awful and completed saturated with highly-qualified new grads. My dream has been to eventually work in the ICU setting, which is where I precepted during school.

If anyone could please direct me or offer some advise as to what I should do about getting a job (while pregnant) in Atlanta, I'd really appreciate it. I don't want to pigeon-hole myself into more community work if I don't have to, but it's looking like that may happen. CHOA's nurse recruiter said I'm basically just a small step above a new grad to them. I just really need that hospital experience. I've been in contact with Emory's recruiter and applied online to Grady, Northside, and Kaiser. We'll be down the second week of May to get my fingerprints to finalize my temporary RN license, visit some of the HR departments, and check out the area.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!! :)

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There's a ton of jobs open in Atlanta right now. It really depends on the hours and setting that you want. Try simplyhired.com, it's a all in one search engine. If you don't mind a small drive, Fayette Piedmont (in Fayetteville), Henry Medical (in Stockbridge) and Southern Regional (in Riverdale) are very good hospitals that have openings for new grads (if that's what you're considered). It's a great city...enjoy!

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Thank you for your response! I've looked into those hospitals and applied. They are about 15-20 miles from where I'll be living, which I understand could be a killer drive in metro Atlanta, but I'm willing to deal with that 3 days per week. Thanks a million.

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Going out of Atlanta the traffic isn't too bad...it's heading into Atlanta during morning rush hour where it stinks. Good luck with everything!

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