I want to move to NYC after I graduate

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Hi! After I graduate and get some experience in a field, I really want to move to New york (Manhattan). I currently live in San Antonio Tx, where the cost of living is considerably cheaper than that of other cities. Can a mother of a young child live in a good area with good schools on a NYC nursing salary? :typing

Specializes in Medical ICU, Orthopedics.

I believe that the Lenox Hill Externship/New grad internship deadline has passed :(

Here is the website with information: http://www.lenoxhillhospital.org/education.aspx?id=294

But perhaps it might be worth it to call HR and see if there are any other openings?

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Why does everyone have this grand idea that they are just going to move right to NYC..and all will be dandy? IDK...I can't wait to move outta here! lol

No amount of money is worth living here as a nurse....ok...maybe $60/hr+ would make me stay.

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Specializes in Public Health.
Guess I need to get to NY and take my boards ASAP =)

If I'm not mistaken, I believe you can take the NCLEX in your home state and specify which state nursing board to send the results to.

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Just so you know!

To those whom have never lived or worked in NYS/NYC be prepared for "sticker" shock about the cost of living and taxes. Those seemingly lofty wages paid to RNs by hospitals are for a reason, it costs dearly to live here, and taxes are HIGH. Making >80K many sound good on paper, but sorry to report after federal, state and local taxes on income, take that down to 65K or 70K per year. On top of this there are hundreds of NYS/NYC local taxes and surcharges applied to everything from your electric bill to your cell phone bill (more taxes).

Housing is VERY expensive in NYC, especially in Manhattan. While rents have come down, plan on spending $1500/month or more for small studio apartment.

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Specializes in Tele, Medsurg, Stepdown.

Very informative thread.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe you can take the NCLEX in your home state and specify which state nursing board to send the results to.

it isn't a case of specifying where results go you still have to apply to the state BON and meet requirements. Yes you can take the exam in any state or even certain countries but you need to apply to a state first and get eligibility to sit the exam. If you do sit the exam for one state and then move to another in most cases all you have to do is endorse your license (but still meet requirements)

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Specializes in Public Health.
it isn't a case of specifying where results go you still have to apply to the state BON and meet requirements. Yes you can take the exam in any state or even certain countries but you need to apply to a state first and get eligibility to sit the exam. If you do sit the exam for one state and then move to another in most cases all you have to do is endorse your license (but still meet requirements)

Oh, I know. I was just saying that the person didn't have to actually come all the way to NY from another to take the NCLEX. Obviously, Giggles55 would have to apply to the state board as well.

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Why does everyone have this grand idea that they are just going to move right to NYC..and all will be dandy? IDK...I can't wait to move outta here! lol

No amount of money is worth living here as a nurse....ok...maybe $60/hr+ would make me stay.

DITTO!!! Been here all my life and the cost of living is just silly. I can't wait to leave this joint!

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If I'm not mistaken, I believe you can take the NCLEX in your home state and specify which state nursing board to send the results to.

Yes that is exactly true. Didn't realize my statement made it seem like I was going to NY to take the NCLEX in order to receive the NY license. Sorry if that mislead anyone that is getting a NY license and not currently living in the state. I took my boards in another state, but received my license from NY.

Hope that helps =)

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Oh, for the love of god. Yes, it's expensive to live in New York, as I'm sure the OP knows. But PLENTY of people (with CHILDREN, even!) live in New York and other major cities on far less than an RN's salary. I wouldn't recommend going there without a job first, but I wouldn't recommend putting it out of your mind if that's where you want to live.

That said, Park Slope in Brooklyn has some of the best public schools around. It's a pricey, snobby elitist parents mecca, but there has been a lot of spillover into the surrounding schools as a result. Google "inside schools" for their ratings of the NYC public schools.

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Any one can live anywhere on a salary less than a RN salary but what KIND of life will they live? That's the question. Take it from someone who has lived here all my life, (not on the outside looking in), raised by a RN mother, and work with MANY LPNs and RNs (most who have to work more than one job), you can get more for your dollar in another state. Rent here is extremely high! Check http://www.city-data.com and research different areas in NY before you make any drastic decisions.

OP, here's something you might find intersting as well.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100114/FREE/100119919#

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Specializes in Global Health Informatics, MNCH.

We lived in Hudson Heights (a neighborhood in Northern Manhattan) when my daughter was first born. It's about 12 blocks from Columbia U Medical Center, where I work. It's a nice area, good schools, big park. We paid $2400 a month for a three bedroom apartment, my FIL lived down the street in a 3 bedroom that he was paying $2000 a month so there are better deals if you look. Hudson Heights and Inwood are nice, relatively affordable neighborhoods in Manhattan near 2 Columbia Hospitals. However, having known non-New Yorkers who lived in that area, mostly Columbia NP students, it was a bit of a culture shock to live in such a diverse neighborhood. Also, the area east of Broadway is not as nice. I personally really liked living there, I could walk to work, enjoyed the different cultures, nice views. Actually, my only big gripe was all the young, yuppie couples in the area with dogs who didn't clean up after them.

Having said that. I now live in northern Westchester, where I grew up. I only go into the city for work 2 times a week and work from home the rest of the week. I would not commute to that city more than that with young kids at home, but that's just me. I also find the metro-north (commuter train to NYC) to be ridiculously expensive.

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