NP move from NYC to GA. Need advice

[ZenNurse2016]

I am an FNP with a year and a half experience that is considering moving from the east coast to Georgia within the next 6 months. I am reaching out to NPs with experience working in Georgia who can provide some feedback on what it is like working as an NP in Georgia. I understand that Georgia is a restricted practice state for NPs. How do these restrictions affect your practice? Do you feel respected? Do you have autonomy? What are the salary expectations? Anyone one have experience working at Emory or Piedmont? Are FNPs allowed to work in ICU settings? What are the salaries offered and work-life balance etc?

I have been applying for jobs in the ATL for the past 2 months but have not gotten any callbacks. Does anyone have contact information for any good local (GA) APP/APRN recruiters?

Thanks for your responses.

[NutmegNP]

I faced similar circumstances a few years ago when I moved from my home state of CT where NPs are autonomous to NC where there is restricted practice. I knew we were moving for my husband's job, so I had been applying for licensure well in advance of that. I was able to obtain my RN license prior to arrival in NC but they would not activate my NC NP license until I provided them with a North Carolina street address and the name of a supervising physician. When I left NC, and no longer had a NC street address they immediately inactivated my license. I thought of doing some per diem work, but they would not issue again without the NC address and supervising physician name.

As far as practice goes, in real life, the actual work I did was much the same between CT and NC. The big difference was pretty much everything had to be signed off at the end of the day by the supervising physician. And there needed to be regular documentation of physician oversight in case of audits from the BON.