Will move for work but where???

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I have seen numerous posts about being needing to be flexible, and maybe having to move out of state to find work. However, as I search the different states it seems that it is much the same all over. My family and I are willing to move in order to find work, but the big question is...where???

Anyone out there know of any states/cities that are in need of RN's right now? Doesn't matter if it is in the north, south, east, west, or mid-west.

Thanks!

Specializes in family practice.

Try the indian health services. I just relocated to one and some pay moving expenses

Specializes in Med-Surg.

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

I looked in nursing magazines (20+) years ago for recruiting ads, researched the area and applied to small hospitals. If you are willing to move to small town America, you might have a better chance (and slower life style):yeah:

I might recommend your family sit down and decide what type of place you want to live in.. mountainous, wide plains, teaching hospital, medium size town, itty bitty out of the way places, hot/cold/dry/rainy, and then look for opportunities in those spots. My personal criteria was nearby down hill skiiing; which happened my first year but I've only gotten to ski about 3 times in the last 10 years:lol2: Major change in priorities!

Start feeling out those spots for jobs, one of the ones I applied to actually called me a year later; they had been collecting resumes for the future.

Another place to look for job possiblities is nursing conferences. I went to the ENA conf. in San Antonio, and there were recruiters from all over the states. If you have an area you are interested in (obviously I like ER), look to see if there will be any conferences you could go to; says volumes that you are interested enough to attend (they do cost).

Good luck!

Specializes in Pediatric Cardiology.
try any major teaching hospital in the northeast.

i would avoid the northeast. i grew up here, went to school here, and i am having a really hard time landing a job in the hospital setting. the teaching hospitals hire within, of course there are exceptions but i wouldn't risk coming out here unless you have to.

Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Move anywhere you actually have a firm, real job offer in hand. I would not move anywhere at this time on the hope of an offer.

Specializes in Fall prevention.

Here is a couple of web site for you to check out. Amarillo is a medium sized city with about 130000 pop schools are pretty good and the economy here is fair.

http://www.bsahs.org (Baptist Saint Anthony Hospital) and http://www.nwtexashealthcare.com (Northwest Texas hospital)

Both are hiring and will hire new grads. Hope this helps

Careful of Home Health and Hospice.

Try to look for one that has been around for many years and has an established reputation with providers and hospitals. Some of these privately owned Hospice and Home health are shady and will put your license at risk. These pop up everywhere, have extremely hi-end websites and hire people to write amazing fluff to make them look great. But, they have no clinical infrastructure. Your clinical management may have had no clinical experience, and that company might very well be their first job! Look them up once you have names on your state BON, google and glassdoor.com the company. Ask them where they've worked in the past. It is extremely important that you know exactly what orientation is especially if you are a new grad. Often orientation is only on how to chart for reimbursement. These businesses are only in existence for the quick cash, that can be gained with exhaustive charting. You might find that management cannot be reached, and that they primarily hire new grads. You will be hard pressed to find experienced nurses employed at these places.

If you want to do something short term you can work a strike contract with HealthSource Global http://www.healthsourceglobal.com.

Now this is what I like to see, people willing to relocate to get a job. I know the job market isn't what is once was, and I really don't have that much room to talk because I'm still in school. But it is getting really old seeing posts where people are complaining about how they can't find a job in say, Miami, to save their life.

I would also like some input from people who have experience in other fields. A lot of people on this forum talk about how hard it is to find a job as a nurse compared to how easy it was before. But is this really exclusive to the nursing profession? It seems more realistic to think that this is how a lot of career fields are right now in the United States.

And on a side note, is it even possible to transfer your RN / Advance Practice Degree to Canada? If it is, then how hard is it?

Thanks

Garrett

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