Where are good jobs?

[walleRN]

Can someone please show me where jobs are? I am an RN with 2-3yrs med-surg step-down experience, and I can't find anything. I have looked in ME, CT, MA, PA, OR, CA.. I want a good job, not the job that "no one else wants."

My story is I worked in an awesome hospital for 2 years, then I made a foolish move out of state, thinking i had a good chance of getting a decent job since i already have good experience. But it took me over a month to get my next job, which turned out to be a horrible unit with tremendous staff turnover. I accepted the job b/c HR told me I could easily transfer to better areas within the system, once i got my foot in the door. But that didn't end up happening, b/c my boss did not like to give approval for staff to transfer to other units in the system. So, I ended up quitting that job after 7 mos and looking for jobs out of the system, at other hospitals. Now, i am still unemployed, and it is going on 2 months. I have applied to multiple hospitals in multiple states, and only got one response & interview. I am anxiously waiting their response, b/c the job is back at my first hospital, and it would be so great to be back. But it's almost been a week, and i am starting to get worried. I don't know what i am going to do if i don't get the job bc i have not gotten any response from any other hospital anywhere else.

I just want a good job. It doesn't really matter to me where my next job is, I wish it could be back home, but I am open to relocating and seeing new places. I just want it to be a good place that is not going to burn me out. I don't want it to be "the job that no one else wanted" again. I have always wanted to do critical care (I know everybody else does too), and my dream job would be the NICU. Right now, I am looking at telemetry and high acuity med-surg/step-down. I have also applied to critical care & starter-level NICU positions because i'm not giving up on that yet. Can someone please let me know where GOOD jobs are, if they exist? I hope I get a job soon; this is the most difficult job search I've ever had...

Does anyone work at a great hospital with a lot of positions available for outsiders?