New graduate moving to colorado please help!

U.S.A. Colorado

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Hello all!

I am looking for some help and guidance from those who know about the RN job market in Colorado! I am a soon to be graduate from New York University! I have high expectations and aspirations for my career. I have heard that the job market is not promise out in Colorado and I would like any advice / help / information about what the job market is like for newly graduated RNs. I have grown up in NY my whole life, and I am very much looking forward to this exciting change of scenery. My boyfriend will be going to graduate school, so we are planning on moving at the end of July/beginning of august. I have done very well in my nursing program and although the job market is not great in NYC, but I would undoubtedly be able to get a job here.....and I would be nervous if this is not the case in CO.

We would be living in the Golden area, but I would be willing to travel to Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, Colorado Springs, and any other area which is an hour / hour and half away. Please let me know ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING you know about RN jobs here, along with any advise you have! I want to move very badly but I need to make smart decisions and make sure there is a job market out there for me, I give myself until the end of September to land a job because my loan repayments start in November. Thank you SO SO SO much!

Great! Thanks for updating your original post. Congrats :)

Hey everyone!

I know this is an old thread but I graduate next May and am strongly thinking about moving out to Denver. Is the job market there still as tough as it was three years ago? I know things a fluctuate quickly. I also noticed that some hospitals have new grad residency programs.. has any one participated in any of these and can give me some insight to how competitive they are are what they are like? NY2CO, any update on your career? are you still in CO? Thanks everyone! :)

Specializes in LTC, Psych, M/S.

CO is a desirable location and there are lots of nursing schools in the Denver area. This makes for a lot of competition to get into a new grad residency. I would get experience before making the move.

Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Try Wyoming or Kansas if you are dead set on the area. Get your experience then move to CO.

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