Dallas

[Mrssaba806]

First off I would like to apologize if I am asking something that has been discussed orginally. So I'm still doing my pre reqs but I was wondering, I want to move to Dallas right after graduating, but I'm wondering is Dallas pretty good about hiring new grads & with any location I chose to go will I have to start off as an Intern?Thanks in advance!!!

[SoonerRN2009]

Don't do it as a new grad. There is not a hospital that I know of that will take you without doing an internship first which you actually do need as a new grad and will learn to appreciate. Be choosey when applying I did not have trouble when I moved here but I had over a year of experience already which isn't much but helps. I have heard of a few new people I work with say they applied to well over 50-100 positions before they ever got called...the Dallas area is defiantly not an easy place as a new grad to land a job without have already been accepted by the hospital before graduation.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

moved to the Texas state forum

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Nursing jobs for new grad RNs in the Dallas metro area are becoming difficult to find due to several reasons.

Firstly, an abundance of nurses relocated to the Dallas area from out of state, which is flooding the local job market with too many nurses when the demand is declining. Second, many nursing schools exist in and around the Dallas area that funnel new graduate nurses into the local employment pipeline every few months, which further saturates the job market around here. Furthermore, hospital census is down at many facilities because less people having elective procedures performed, more people are unemployed and uninsured due to the economy, and people are staying away from healthcare facilities unless it involves a dire emergency. Finally, tons of experienced nurses live in the Dallas area who can hit the ground running without orientation or expensive training, while more hospitals now view new grad RNs as too costly to train.

In other words, I wouldn't move to Dallas without a solid job offer.

[TheMrsRN]

The DFW area is over saturated with new nurses and facilities here are cutting their jobs for new nurses. The conditions here for new nurses are unfortunately pretty bad. And yes, with no RN experience you would have to start off in an internship or residency program.