Any hospitals with RN shortages anywhere in the US?

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I will be a brand new graduate looking for a hospital bedside job. Though I am most interested in ICU, CCU etc, I am not picky about what area I work in initially. It seems like it is difficult for new grads to find jobs these days, at least in the area I live in.

Even if I could find a job here, I want to move. I am willing to move anywhere in the country, as long as it isn't a rural area. The bigger the city the better, but I'm okay with anything that can actually be called a city. Also, I like the cold... but again, I'd consider warm areas as well.

Basically, I'm wondering what areas in the country are the best for new graduates right now? Are there any places where RNs are actually in high demand?

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

The areas of the country in which there are high demand for new nurses are NOT going to be urban areas. Urban areas have multiple nursing schools locally cranking out new grads by the hundreds. Even the rural areas are pretty saturated now and are unlikely to be high demand, but you will have a far easier time of it in a rural area. Think Mexican border, Indian reservations and other poverty-stricken areas.

Be realistic in your search. Best of luck.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Suggest you examine this logically - look at the states/areas with the greatest population growth as a starting point. These are likely to be locations with increased demand for health care services. Then, as the PP suggested, focus on mid-sized or smaller cities.

Make sure that you get sufficient information about any area that you are looking at.... moving to a radically different area in terms of climate, geography or cultural/diversity mix is likely to make the relocation much more difficult for you. It's bad enough trying to cope without your family & support system, let alone trying to adjust to tropical heat or a desert landscape for the first time.

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Specializes in Trauma/Surgery ICU.

Syracuse, ny. It's a small city I guess. There are tons of RN openings up here. It's not unusual for them to hire new grads in the ICUs either, which isn't common. It's sort of frustrating as a student doing clinicals up here. You see new grads coming in from other places: new york, boston, buffalo and it makes me sort of worry that our hospitals are going to fill up just like the rest of the country.

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