Hi all,
I'm currently (or going to be very soon) a nursing student in Vancouver, BC!
I was really hoping to travel down to cali for nursing for the first part of my career to get me jump started.. I'm just wondering if it is at all possible to have my first nursing job in California as a nurse? By the time I grad I'll be about 22,
So.. assuming I pass all the board exams and graduate, can I come down right away? or would I need some previous experience (other than the clinical work
I would have done in school?)
Also, I also hear that Cali is very well paying to its nurses?
Is it true that Cali has the highest paid nurses? And.. if so, how does the
cost of living balance out with the income?
Say.. I eat the bare minimum and do very little other than work and
go home .. ( Rent ~ 1000$/month) How much do you guys figure I can
manage to bank in/month (as savings) if I really try my hardest? (after
taxes and all..)
Thanks in advance for your help!
From Vancouver, Canada
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We live in Northern CA, and the rents are even outrageous here - $1200/rent for an okay place, maybe $1000 for a crappy place. I think it's much worse in the bay area, although you could probably make much more there. I live here because I grew up here, family is here, etc.. We still may move someday, I don't know. I can't imagine anyone wanting to move here just because of the outrageous cost of living. I also don't think CA nurses are the BEST paid. 
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