Moving to Dallas area

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Hello, I currently live in las Vegas NV, but seriously considering moving to Dallas. Was wondering if anyone had any advise. I would like to work for an HCA hospital so that i could transfer my job. Any thoughts about moving to Dallas, nursing jobs still in demand in the area? Hoping that their economy is better than the horrible economy i currently live in. Unemployment here is over 14%.

Thanks for the help!:nurse:

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Unemployment in the Dallas area is slightly greater than 8 percent at the present time.

The demand for nursing jobs is slowly dwindling because so many nurses from out of state have recently been relocating to Texas in search of work. In addition, the local job market is saturated with new nurses since there are numerous nursing programs in and around Dallas that churn out batches of new grads every few months (TWU, El Centro, Brookhaven, Trinity Valley, Hill, Navarro, TCC, TCU, UTA, Southwestern Adventist, Weatherford, NCTC, Grayson, etc.). This results in competition for jobs.

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do you think that having 1 year experience in med/surg/tele will help me? I have to get out of VEGAS hehe. Sick of such a depressed economy! Jobs are so hard to come by and then fear of being laid off!!

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It will be easy to transfer your job. HCA has several open positions. If you look on indeed.com you will see so many open positions at different hospitals from dallas to fort worth for HCA hospitals, so research each hospital and decide which one will work best for you.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Medical City, Medical Center of Plano and Medical Center of McKinney are all HCA hospitals in the North Dallas/suburbs of Dallas area.

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agree with RN2B, but medical city is your best bet. it's a huge hospital where you'll get great experience and have better odds at finding a job. medical center of plano is smaller and med ctr mckinney is even tinier and i haven't heard the greatest things about them. but medical city dallas is well-respected and i'd choose them if i had the option to transfer.

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Thank you for the responses, I am going to be out their in August, will be turning in my resumes and such!

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