Help va Rn looking to move to NY!

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Specializes in Flu clinics, Med/Surg, Acute Care.

Advice on moving from VA to NY.

Hi everyone:

I'm a new Rn with no real world experience. The job market in Virginia is pretty bad. I have a lot of family in Ny and they are all singing praises about how new york is not suffering as bad in this job market. However I had 3 quick questions:

1. How is the job market for new rn with no experience in new York, close to the cites/ accessible by public transportation.

2. Right now I'm working on my Rn to bsn in virginia. I will be done in a year but I would rather try it in NY if they have programs like that available.

3. I only have an ADN right now. Do you think I should wait to get my bsn before leaving the state of Virginia?

Those are my three biggest worries any help would be great because I am trying to decide before my RN to BSN program starts at the end of Aug.

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The NY market is just as bad if not worse. 4 area hospitals closed, leaving hundreds of experienced RNs without work. The other hospitals are on hiring freezes.

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Specializes in Flu clinics, Med/Surg, Acute Care.

Oh wow i did not know that. I guess that's out of the question. I feel even worse for the experienced RNs.

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Agreed, maybe in upstate New York things aren't as bad off but in the city? They're just bleh, in every single job pretty much. Also, a lot of large scale hospitals have started with their BSN-preferred and BSN required comments so I definetely think coming with a BSN would be more beneficial.

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That's true. The upstate New York job market is not bad. You could try there. The New York City job market is very bad. Things could improve in a few years however.

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