To move or not to move?

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Alright so I have a question... I have recently graduated with my BSN in nursing and I am waiting to take the boards. I have been applying to new grad positions all over the country. I happened to get an interview in Boston but I really want to move somewhere warm. I applied to 1 hospital in Boston and 20 in the south. If I get the job in Boston should I stay here? Do you think the reason I haven't gotten any interviews down south is because I just don't live down there and it is probably to far and to expensive for them to interview me? I am afraid if I move and go down there I will have trouble finding a job whereas I may get a job in the Boston area? What do you think?

Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

If you can get a job in your current city (Boston?) I think that's better. New grad transition is tough enough without adding any other stresses. It makes me sad to see new grads who decide (like so so many) that that first year is the time to get married or have a 1st baby. I'm not passing judgment, it would just have been too much for me.

But if you can't get a job, the South is a great place to go. You mentioned SC. I did a brief assignment in NC and it was gorgeous, the weather was pretty mild, but we did have snow. I wasn't there for the Summer, but humidity didn't scare a girl from Florida.

I frequently encourage people to move to other areas for new grad jobs. Moving and having a job is 10X better for your practice and future job prospects than waiting to start your new profession. Particularly with nursing, where your nursing education is really only started when you graduate from nursing school.

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

What I think is, take the bird in the hand.

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