Relocating and New Job

TaylorICU · Apr 4, 2017

I am relocating back to my home town of Atlanta, GA. I've been a registered nurse in another a state since 2012. I started in ICU and that's where I have been the whole time. I have a BSN and a CCRN, which I feel makes me pretty marketable as far as getting a job is concerned. My question is, does anyone know what the pay is like in Atlanta for nurses. Also am I going to be treated like a new nurse when I arrive, like have to work nightshift? Where I currently am new nurses (like fresh out of school) typically have to start out on nights. Does anyone know much about the attitudes and over culture is like in some of the Atl hospitals.

Where I work now, there's a pretty positive vibe and we accept new people with open arms. The environment is also very conducive to learning, and of course if you can't figure it out on your own one of your fellow nurses is more than willing to help. I love my job I have now, but I'm stuck. I work weekend option to make more money, which I'm getting tired of. I have no interest in pursuing a management position. And going to grad school would take me further away from the bedside-which is what I like, not to mention the $30000 it would cost me.