There Are Places Where the Nursing Shortage Is Still Real... Let's List Some to Help!

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I thought it would be good to start a thread in which people who know about areas where there is still a nursing shortage (or, at least, good nursing opportunities) could share this info with job hunters.

I live in Oklahoma, and I can tell you that many (if not most) rural areas here have very real nursing shortages - and even in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, both LPNs and RNs (ADN/BSN) seem to readily get jobs.

Because of the legacy of oil money here, many of our rural hospitals are also quite lovely and quite nicely equipped, thanks to bequests, etc.

So, I'll start:

There are still plenty of jobs in Oklahoma (metro, and especially rural).

Let me tune up my banjo cuz i'll be moving to oaklahoma!

Kidding!

:D

If you don't mind me asking where are you located?

I didn't get a sign on bonus, but they are actively recruiting in other states, offer moving stipends, loan repayment, tuition repayment comes later and is competitive, and almost ALL are 6 month internships in a specialty. (only ones not in an internship are experienced float/ICU). Just hired 48 new grads this last go round. I know my floor is getting 6, I was one of 6, six months ago.

Sorry about my earlier post still figuring this out. My question was for you. Are you in Oklahoma?

Specializes in ED.

Here in Central New York, the starting pay for new grads is somewhere between 22/hr to 25/hr. Most hospitals offer a 20% differential nights with an extra 10% for the weekends. Nurses with experience will start at a higher rate of pay. The cost of living in the area is pretty reasonable compared to the rest of the country. A brand new 4 bedroom home can be bought for anywhere from 190,000. to 250,000. A three bedroom apartment will run you between 1000/month to 1300/month. A 2bedroom 800/month to 900/month. Gas is 3.44/gallon. You can live in the city, suburbs or country and the commute isn't bad. There are many opportunities to choose from. All in all, its not a bad place to be.

Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.
I wouldn't say there's a shortage in Mississippi, but most people are getting some sort of hospital job. It's not as awful of a place as people think it is, I promise!

What part of MS are you located in ? I have family there & like the state.. I wouldn't mind moving there.

Not LOUISIANA! Do not come here! WIlliam Carey University in New Orleans recently announced they are closing their once difficult to get into RN Program over lack of student applications/interest and we have lost at least 3 LPN Schools and one other RN Program in the state in very recent years over the horrendous Nursing GLUT in the area. Some SU grads from last fall who could not leave southern Louisiana have not YET found jobs and it has been nearly a year! The recent closure of the State Hospital in Mandeville LA has many of those nurses commuting four hours roundtrip to stay employed! Three RN friends of mine who had been LPNs first are working as LPN's and one of them only part time and not out of choice! It is worse in our neighbor southern Mississippi...not at all rare to hear of highly experienced unemployed nurses there. Five years ago you could get hired on the phone and ten years ago facilities were recruiting and hiring back nurses they had previously fired LOL. All of Louisiana and (much of) southern Mississippi are tied to the oil economy both being oil rich and usually thrive in times like this with high oil prices but right now the job market for Nurses is pitiful!!! As a State employee I have not had any form of pay raise in SIX years with the cost of living constantly rising! I have considered looking for greener geographic pastures/job market myself even with a paid for house LOL! Be warned Louisiana and Mississippi NO LONGER have the classic wide open job market they have been infamous for for decades... SAD TIMES FOR NURSING IN THESE PARTS!!!

I don't even get a call back from places I thought were in demand for nurses such as Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center in Eagle Pass, TX or hospitals in North Dakota. I feel like a loser when I don't even get a call for an interview when Fort Duncan is offering a $24,000 bonus to work there.

Does anyone know if outside of Austin Texas there are new grad Nursing Jobs.

Which city?

Do you know of places around Austin, Texas that may be hiring new grads?

Specializes in ICU.

This isn't a new grad position, but feel free to pass it on to experienced nurses who are looking.

I got a publication from the NC BON that advertised New Hanover Regional Medical Center in the absolutely gorgeous city of Wilmington, NC is offering a $10,000 transition bonus for experienced nurses. That would be AWESOME... but I'm a new grad and they did not hire me when I applied for their new grad program. It looks like they are desperate for experienced nurses but not willing to train very many new grads, and really only take internal new grads. I'm hoping they still have that sign on bonus in a couple of years so I can move back to NC and take a job there. :)

Should new grads even bother applying to locations that we can't travel to for an interview? I've been job hunting for 2 years now....licensed for 18 months .....been applying to multiple states and feeling seriously burnt out/ regretting nursing as a career choice.

I'm sure there are many who can relate to : 1) being broke (savings running/ran out/lost job ect), 2) not actually being licensed in the state or actually living locally ( I have recieved feedback from locations asking me to apply for licensure and inform them when I relocate.... Prior to any actual interview of course). Is it me or is this just another catch 22?*

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