Indianapolis RN employment picture?

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Hi, I'm in a RN hospital diploma school here in the Tidewater area of VA and Hamilton County looks like a much more affordable place to own a home compared to here. Also RNs get paid 14% more there than here, if stats found on the web are to be believed. The only thing I can't find out is: what's the real employment picture and future trend as seen from your end of the world? Are you just as short of RNs as most other places, or not? Employer's attitudes about men and diploma nurses? Would also appreciate all other info you think might be useful to me. Thanks in advance!

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I am also relocating to Hamilton County from Illinois and couldn't believe the cost of living. I thought for sure homes would be more expensive there.

There are quite a bit of job openings in the Indy area. PLus you have your choice of downtown or in the suburbs, depending on what you want. The commute from Hamitlon County to downtown is at least 30 minutes, counting traffic.

Hope all goes well for you!

Christine, RNC, BSN

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I can't tell you a lot about the employment picture. There are a lot of openings in a lot of areas. We have 3 brand new heart hospitals and hospitals are expanding everywhere. I live in Hamilton county and could tell you a little about an area if you are looking to buy houses here.

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Does anyone know what a nurse with 24 yrs experience make in Indianapolis or in Louisville. We are planning to relocate in June.

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I now live in Colorado, but went to nursing school in Indy. What a riot - did you know that Hamilton County is the most expensive county to live in, in all of Indiana? It's super cheap. It seems to me that compared to other cities, Indy is really hurting for nurses. Hospitals there offer huge signing bonuses, loan forgiveness, etc. I just moved to Denver and they pay the same as Indy (yet higher cost of living) and no bonuses -for a new grad anyway. But Denver is a fantastic city to live in so they don't need to recruit hard.

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By the way - hospitals in Indy (and elsewhere from my experience) love male nurses. And as far as diploma nurses, some of the hospitals (Clarion - Methodist, IU, Riley, Clarion North & West) are starting to phase out LPN's, ASN's, diploma nurses etc. They just got Magnet status, and are trying to get all nurses to have a BSN - at least that was the rumor when I was there. Community Hospitals (North, South and East) still hire many diploma, ASN's, LPNs. I worked at Community East and had a great experience. They seem to treat the nurses well and had better benefits/incentives anyway. Obviously Community North is closet - if not in Hamilton County- near Fishers. Fishers is nice, but the traffic is the worst in the city.

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