PA-RN looking to relocate to Austin

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What RN jobs are available in Austin, TX?

What are the pay rates?

I have 3 years experience as a RN.

Do I need my TX RN license before working in TX as a RN or will my PA license be okay until I obtain my TX RN?

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

You will need a Tx license in order to be taken seriously as a job applicant. Since PA is not a compact state, you will need to do this ahead of time.

Is there a particular reason that you have decided on Austin? It's a very competitive & environment & just about the most expensive housing costs in the entire state. Probably due to the enormous influx of wanna-be's from all over the US - :sarcastic:. Nursing salaries are lower than DFW and Houston metro areas. Honestly, I avoid Austin unless I have to attend a meeting there - it doesn't even seem like Texas anymore.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
What RN jobs are available in Austin, TX?
The job market in Austin is tight.

What are the pay rates? I have 3 years experience as a RN.
With three years of experience, most of the hospitals will pay in the low to mid $20s per hour. As the previous poster mentioned, Austin has some of the lowest pay rates in the state.

Do I need my TX RN license before working in TX as a RN or will my PA license be okay until I obtain my TX RN?
You cannot work in Texas under your PA nursing license. You will need a Texas license to legally obtain nursing employment in Texas.
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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

It bears noting as well that you say you have three years of experience as an RN, but you don't say what kind of RN experience. Right now it is very difficult to switch specialties or to enter acute care if you don't already have experience in that area. There just isn't enough of a shortage of nurses to compel the hospitals to be willing to train. If you come from acute care you will probably generate some interest in the hospitals once you have a Texas license. If you come from other areas, a hospital position will be difficult if not impossible to find, if that is what you are looking for.

Whatever your goals are, I hope you find the path to them. Best of luck.

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Thank you very much for your input! I appreciate it.

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Thank you all for your input! I very much appreciate it! I'm working on getting my TX RN license. I have two years experience in acute care: med/surg, telemetry, neurology, seizure monitoring, and one year experience in endoscopy taking care of both inpatient and outpatients administering conscious sedation, pre/intra/ and post-op. I have family in the Austin area and feel it has a lot to offer in terms of residence.

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Specializes in Correctional, QA, Geriatrics.

There are other threads on here in the Texas forum giving basically the same info as previous posters have stated above. Hopefully you will be able to stay with your family while job hunting because apartments close to the hospitals tend to be on the pricey side.

This is said tongue in cheek so no offense HouTx. Austin is too still Texas lol. I know we are the weirdos here but I still love my town best of all the Texas locales I have lived in through the years. However I really think we are the victims of our marketing efforts directed towards the tech community. If one moves to Austin with a housing budget of greater than $450K and a tech background making high 5 figure to 6 figure incomes then Austin seems surprisingly easy to transition into. Not so much for other professions like nursing.

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