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Old 12-13-2011, 03:43 AM
 
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You can look in professional publications to see small towns near big cities who will hire grads and mentor them. There are towns like Del Rio, Uvalde west of San Antonio who need nurses. Also, San Antonio itself. The border towns from Laredo to Brownsville have multiple opportunities for grads.
Look at a map of Texas, throw a dart and walk in and get a job.
Anywhere south of Austin will seldom get snow. We did have a serious blizzard in San Antonio last winter. It snowed 0.04 in of snow. Shut the whole city down till 11 AM when it all melted.
0.04 inches of snow?! Lol I couldnt help but to laugh at that! Getting that amount of snow in MI would be like heaven. But on the plus side, if it snows that much when Im there I guess I'll have free reign over the roads, because Im assuming people are scared to drive in that "massive" amount of snow, lol!

I never would have thought that San Antonio needed nurses. Well, Im sure they need experienced nurses, but are they actively hiring new nurses?

Im definitely going to look into the towns that you mentioned. San Antonio would be a nice place to live if they did actually hire new nurses, so I'll be looking into that. Thanks for all the help!
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Old 12-13-2011, 06:20 AM
 
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Also, keep in mind, in order to obtain a Texas nursing license, you must be fingerprinted and pass an FBI background check. I don't mention this because you can't, but because it can take a couple of months or so . Good luck.
You know, now that I think about it we had to get fingerprinted prior to starting our nursing program in 2010. Our school also makes us complete an annual background check. So I wonder if that would be sufficient enough to speed up that entire process.
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Blah
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0.04 inches of snow?! Lol I couldnt help but to laugh at that! Getting that amount of snow in MI would be like heaven. But on the plus side, if it snows that much when Im there I guess I'll have free reign over the roads, because Im assuming people are scared to drive in that "massive" amount of snow, lol!

I never would have thought that San Antonio needed nurses. Well, Im sure they need experienced nurses, but are they actively hiring new nurses?

Im definitely going to look into the towns that you mentioned. San Antonio would be a nice place to live if they did actually hire new nurses, so I'll be looking into that. Thanks for all the help!
It doesn't snow much in Texas...generally 1-10" inches on one day annually with Amarillo and Lubbock maybe getting more. Now when it does snow, stay off the streets and side walks! You may know how to drive in snowy weather but I promise you the remaining 25 million drivers on the street don't LOL

Anyhow, my guess would be Houston or Dallas. Houston has some of the best health care in the US and Dallas in my opinion has some of the best Children's health care in the nation. The next thing would be follow the money. Midland/Odessa is in an Oil boom and Midland is doing a massive remolding of their hospital...basically building a new and even larger facility.
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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Check out the Hill Country, some of the smaller towns have nice proximity to San Antonio and Austin. And it is a beautiful area. Fredericksburg, Boerne, Kerrville, New Braunfels all have hospitals.
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Old 12-13-2011, 08:10 AM
 
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Thanks I'll check it out!
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Old 12-13-2011, 05:58 PM
 
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Don't worry about the licensing process in Texas. The entire process of applying online, verifying that I was a licensed RN in Florida, taking the jurisprudence exam, and submitting the fingerprint card took less than 6 weeks. I had my Texas License in hand within 6 weeks. It was all simple and straightforward.
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:19 PM
 
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Fort worth- cook children's hospital pays nurses the best. It a big city though but has a cool downtown scene.
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Old 12-13-2011, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Fort worth- cook children's hospital pays nurses the best. It a big city though but has a cool downtown scene.
Fort Worth is a big city, but its kinda like San Antonio in that it has a small town feel.
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Old 12-14-2011, 08:00 AM
 
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Fort worth- cook children's hospital pays nurses the best. It a big city though but has a cool downtown scene.
Thanks, but I cannot work with kids.
Just not my cup of tea.
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Old 12-14-2011, 08:01 AM
 
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Don't worry about the licensing process in Texas. The entire process of applying online, verifying that I was a licensed RN in Florida, taking the jurisprudence exam, and submitting the fingerprint card took less than 6 weeks. I had my Texas License in hand within 6 weeks. It was all simple and straightforward.
Thanks. Very good to know. I would assume the process would be even simpler for me since it will be my initial license.
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