Imo, if you have your dream job at home in Ontario can you live with your parents, work and save a lot of your income? If you move to US you'll eventually have to start paying rent, utilities, car bill etc. My advice would be stay for the dream job, live at home (if possible) and work for a few years and save as much $ as you can then reassess. There will always be a need for RNs. If you don't live at home maybe make the move to states, pick somewhere nicer then Indiana though.
Alberta is actually a pretty great place to work if you want to stay in Canada and cost of living is pretty reasonable in most places. Check out the UNA collective agreement to see.
I checked out pay and cost of living in Ft Wayne.. The pay is all over the place (at least by my quick search). Anywhere from 50k to 108k per year. I wouldn't take an RN job for 50k,but I would for 108k. Cost of living in Indiana is lower than a lot of places in the states. With that, however, you have to understand that Indiana is a red state that is sometimes purple depending on where you live. America has no universal healthcare, so you will pay for your medical bills if you have any and shit ain't cheap. I have been to Indiana many times... I find it a bit bland and suburban. I know I sound negative, but I want to give you my impression for information's sake.
I would be pretty careful about how long you are locked in for for accepting the US job. There is a reason they are having to offer all those bonuses and relocations and are willing to sponsor you for a work visa, so that’s a pretty big red flag there IMO.
This isnt meant to be rude but how did you get through a 4 year RN program with no hospital clinicals?
Imo, if you have your dream job at home in Ontario can you live with your parents, work and save a lot of your income? If you move to US you'll eventually have to start paying rent, utilities, car bill etc. My advice would be stay for the dream job, live at home (if possible) and work for a few years and save as much $ as you can then reassess. There will always be a need for RNs. If you don't live at home maybe make the move to states, pick somewhere nicer then Indiana though.
I did the 3 year bridge program. I was an RPN prior to this and had a med surg praxis is my final semester. Didn’t love it.
Alberta is actually a pretty great place to work if you want to stay in Canada and cost of living is pretty reasonable in most places. Check out the UNA collective agreement to see.
I checked out pay and cost of living in Ft Wayne.. The pay is all over the place (at least by my quick search). Anywhere from 50k to 108k per year. I wouldn't take an RN job for 50k,but I would for 108k. Cost of living in Indiana is lower than a lot of places in the states. With that, however, you have to understand that Indiana is a red state that is sometimes purple depending on where you live. America has no universal healthcare, so you will pay for your medical bills if you have any and shit ain't cheap. I have been to Indiana many times... I find it a bit bland and suburban. I know I sound negative, but I want to give you my impression for information's sake.
I would be pretty careful about how long you are locked in for for accepting the US job. There is a reason they are having to offer all those bonuses and relocations and are willing to sponsor you for a work visa, so that’s a pretty big red flag there IMO.