relocating

cjohnsonrn · Dec 12, 2010

I like Jacksonville personally. I recently moved from Savannah, so not too far away. Plenty of jobs, and they have a couple of hospitals there. There are some nice cities close by to visit when you are off. Good luck!

Zookeeper3 · Dec 12, 2010

I relocated from NY to NC... twice... each time I used the internet like mad to find inexpensive housing with a lively job market. College towns and military bases were up there. Without knowing your personal demographics it's impossible to tell., nor should you share them here, but use them in search engines. Find ones that compare your cost of living with where you are now to where you wish to go.

You have too many varriables. First choose a region, you're all over the US. We first narrowed down south east US for our own reasons... then generally did state by state, narrowed it down then went by cities after interviewed across several areas of the state to get salary and housing comparisons.

We can help a bit here, but you really need to look at why you want to move .... pick the place, decide it's a good fit weather and economic wise and take it from there.

Wish you the best.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2010

Since I am in Texas, I can only speak for Houston and Dallas. In a nutshell, the job market is tough and fiercely competitive in these two cities because a huge influx of out-of-state nurses has relocated to Texas over the past two or three years. There are too many nurses here with entirely too few jobs in the local employment market.

Zookeeper3 · Dec 12, 2010

sry, forgot to mention, you don't have a license yet... I started off with a NY one... it transferred everywhere. Not all states have that reciprocity. Very carefully look in to where you can easily transfer your license to.

mee9mee9 · Dec 12, 2010

Since I am in Texas, I can only speak for Houston and Dallas. In a nutshell, the job market is tough and fiercely competitive in these two cities because a huge influx of out-of-state nurses has relocated to Texas over the past two or three years. There are too many nurses here with entirely too few jobs in the local employment market.

will me having a previous degree in community and public health and a minor in mental health services help my chances in the job market. im in my early 20s and my passion is to be nurse i plan on going after my bsn in 2013 or 2014.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2010

will me having a previous degree in community and public health and a minor in mental health services help my chances in the job market. im in my early 20s and my passion is to be nurse i plan on going after my bsn in 2013 or 2014.

Many nurses entered the field as a second career pathway; therefore, plenty of us have previous college degrees that are unrelated to healthcare. I have found that having a previous non-nursing degree will usually not be of much benefit when job-hunting.

Trauma Columnist · Dec 13, 2010

I can speak to Chicago: its an extremely expensive city to live in and there are few to no nursing jobs for new grads. ]

You might want to look to some smaller areas or areas that are more rural. You might also want to consider going to school where you are and then getting 1-2 years experience prior to moving. This would help in two ways: you would have a marketable job skill and hopefully in a few years, the economy will rebound.