Marquis Home Care

Hiring organization · Based in Albany, NY

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How often is overtime required? Who covers a short shift? Can I meet my preceptor or shadow the team?

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Your six-month RN application plan

Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.

Graduation month

6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies
4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs
2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions
Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license

Why start this early?

Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Shifts hiring now: Days 1

What stands out

Moving here
You would base your home-care work in Albany, NY, where the overall cost of living sits near the national price level.
Experienced nurses
The role is with Marquis Home Care in the Albany 12205 area, so your day is built around patients’ homes rather than a single unit floor.
Moving here
Local housing talk often lands in the $300–400k+ range, which keeps the Albany-area profile more reachable than pricier Northeast cities.

More about working here

Travel nurses
Other active employers nearby in our data include Albany Medical Center, FirstChoice, and American Traveler if you are comparing options in the same market.
New graduates
Albany’s job market is described as strong in healthcare, so you are stepping into a city that already runs on care work.
Experienced nurses
New York uses a graduated state income tax, so your take-home math should include that when you weigh an Albany offer.

The city

Living in Albany, NY

With an overall cost of living virtually matching the national average at 99.6, Albany offers nurses affordable Upstate stability. Rent near the action in historic Center Square, explore quiet Buckingham Lake-Crestwood, or find houses under $500,000 in nearby Colonie and Delmar. Just factor in the area's notoriously high property taxes when planning your off-shift budget.

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Metro price level · Albany area: about the national average; BEA index 99.6 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,216/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $61,986/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

You would be applying to Marquis Home Care in Albany, New York (12205). The work sits in home care, so your shifts are built around patients’ homes in the Albany area rather than one fixed unit.

Hiring days

More about Marquis Home Care

Albany’s cost of living sits near the national price level, and local housing talk often lands in the $300–400k+ range—more reachable than many pricier Northeast cities. The area is described as having a strong healthcare job market, solid schools, and outdoor access. Pay figures, scheduling rules, residency programs, and benefits details are not in the facts we have yet, so you would need to confirm those directly when you apply. Winters are harsh, property taxes run high, and public transit is limited—worth weighing if you are relocating.

Working here

Culture and working life

What to consider

The good

Home-care setting based in Albany, NY 12205
Cost of living near the national average
Local housing often discussed in the $300–400k+ range
Strong healthcare job market in the city
Outdoor access and solid schools commonly noted

The hard parts

Harsh winters
High property taxes
Limited public transit
No usable pay, scheduling, or benefits detail in the available facts yet

What to weigh

Winters here are harsh, property taxes run high, and public transit is limited.

The reality check

Before you decide

Weighing a first job here?

The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.

See your windows →Residency fine print