Need Advice!

[cianstew]

Hi everyone,

I've been looking through a ton of posts about mainlanders coming to Hawaii in hopes in finding a job, however I'm not seeing a lot of hope or optimism for people getting an RN job in Hawaii

I am going to graduate in December, however my fiancé is in the military and stationed on Oahu. (we plan on getting married in December).

I'm trying to figure out if it's worth moving out there, endorsing my license to get a Hawaii one and applying for jobs without any experience since I will be a new grad...By December, he will have a year and a couple months left in the military and then his contract will be up.

I know the market back a couple years ago for nurses wasn't too great due to the recession. But now that the economy is better and more people are retiring, I'm hoping times have changed..anyone have any info on whether RN jobs will be a little easier to come by now/beginning of 2019?

Also, I heard that if you have a license from California or New York, you don't have to endorse your license? I don't know, I've heard it through the grapevine and I can't seem to find anything about it online.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[vanilla bean]

The job market is still very difficult for nurses in Hawaii and even more so for inexperienced nurses and new grads. There are sometimes jobs to be found in LTC and home health, but those coveted hospital jobs are competitive. It would be even more difficult to get an employer to invest the time, effort, and money in a new grad with zero experience that they know is only going to be there for a short time and that they won't be able to recoup their investment from. Also, you will need a Hawaii nursing license.

[cianstew]

thank you for your response!

[Abow91]

The best nurses that were in my cohort had to move even with 1+ years as a CNA at the local hospitals. I'd try to avoid moving there. After living there all my life, going to a local nursing school, as my dad being a doctor, my uncle being a top surgeon there, and knowing nurses there, I still had to relocate to the mainland because I couldn't even get a CNA job there. The hospitals only hire travel nurses and nurses with A LOT of experience. They do not like training new grads.

[Zil888]

Hi, this maybe a late reply but i was in the same situation as you. I move here last year around Oct. because of my mil. husband. My advice to you is plan your endorsement ahead of time, it took me 3months to get my actual license. I was able to find a job in the hospital as a Floatpool RN (I was unemployed for more than 1yr). I applied to all the hospital and nursing home in the island, grab all the opportunity and don’t be picky. I was able to get 5 interviews. The most important in getting an interview is your RESUME highlight all your experience(non volunteer or volunteer), skills , education etc.