RN with 2 years NICU experience looking to relocate to NJ/NY

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Hello!!

I am about to finish my second year in nursing at a level 3 NICU in GA. I need to relocate to northern NJ/NY in July and would like to stay in the NICU because I love it so much. Now that I am looking into hospitals I am OVERWHELMED and have questions that I need some help with.

When should I apply for a NJ or NY license? I know it may take a few months so I am assuming I need to be doing so now because I am not sure I will be able to apply without an active license for that state.

Should I apply for a license in both states?

How early should I apply and what is the best way to connect to hospitals? I went to a very competitive nursing program and I like to think I have an impressive resume with multiple research projects from school and a policy that I implemented on my unit this year, but I know that the NICU is highly saturated and I am worried without a connection my resume will be filed away and not looked at.

I am sure there are more questions I should be asking so if there is any advice at all please share!!

Long story short I need to relocate in July to a NICU in NJ/NY!

Thank you all :)

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Apply to NY first. It takes the longest. I suggest you make it easy and get a license in both states because it may be a long time before you get a job. Everything has changed with COVID. Certain areas are in hiring freezes.


I know this post was in January. I hope you got some connections before everything changed.

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Specializes in Quality Management.

yes apply to both states are they are so close that you may end up living in one state and working in another. Check hospital career websites, use LinkedIn to find nursing recruiters for your target hospital, indeed for Job Search and network do some volunteering at places like NYRR marathons medical volunteer and MRC NYC medical reserve Corp best of luck

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