How is the nursing job market in Knoxville?

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I am from Indianapolis and will be attending nursing school in Michigan, graduating in 2015, but I'm interested in potentially moving to be near some family in Knoxville after graduating. How's the market there?

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I work as an RN in knoxville currently. It's a small city, but there are fun festivals and activities once it starts getting warmer. You pretty much have 3 hospital systems to choose from: UT ( a stand alone hospital), covenant, and tennova. For UT, you have to have a bachelors. Tennova is OK, but the company keeps getting bought out and they were on a hiring freeze for a while. Covenant owns most hospitals around there and is a pretty good company to work for. Don't expect pay to be impressive. Starting is 18.50 and you get the chance to go up a dollar once you have one year in. It is flooded with nurses, so finding a job can pose difficulty to some. We're flooded with nursing schools.

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Thanks!

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Don't forget about Maryville! I work at the hospital there. It's about 15-30 minutes outside of Knoxville. Lots of night shift RN positions :)

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