How to apply for jobs with probable move

[Thoenix]

I graduate in May with my ADN.  I'm very near the top of my class and take advantage of every opportunity for more hands-on experience and to try and learn everything I can.  I'm so excited to start nursing and I had intended to seek out a residency opportunity immediately after graduation.  My ultimate goal is to work either NICU or high-risk L&D.  Unfortunately, I just learned that sometime between May and December, I will have to move out of the state (within the compact) for my spouse's job.  I'm now feeling very lost.  I can't afford to just not work for all that time, but I'm not sure what to do.  I have asked my professors for advice and they just kind of tell me that I shouldn't take a residency.  They aren't giving me much advice on how to handle being a brand new nurse and having an uncertain move date.  I don't want to risk burning any bridges as a brand new nurse, since many of the hospital systems in my area are major hospital systems with interstate presences.  I also can't afford to just not work at all for up to 7 months while we wait to see when/where the move will be.  I won't know when I'm moving until about one month before the move due to the nature of my spouse's work.

One professor mentioned that I could just 'take a tech job' but when I asked for more information on what that would look like or if hospitals are actually hiring RNs to work as techs, the professor shrugged and went back to urging everyone to take residency positions if at all possible.

How should I proceed with pursuing my career goals?  Is taking a tech job temporarily a good idea or would that damage my later hireability?  I thought I'd be staying in the area from which I'm graduating for at least a year or two after graduation and this has all thrown me sideways.

[caliotter3]

Take a job if offered.  None of us are certain what the future holds.  It is possible your husband's move might not materialize. 

[Thoenix]

1 minute ago, caliotter3 said:

Take a job if offered.  None of us are certain what the future holds.  It is possible your husband's move might not materialize. 

The move will definitely materialize.  It's just a matter of which of four locations and which of three different move dates.  

I haven't even started applying for jobs because of the fact that I am trying to figure out what's appropriate to even apply for as a 1st year nurse who knows that I will not be able to fulfill the requirements of a residency.  The only advice being given to my classmates and I is to try and find a residency position.