Where in the US do they need RNs really bad?

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That a hospital job could be gotten easily. Places that are undesirable to live/small town/big town, whatever. Clean lic/no convictions. I'm over 45 and have no hospital exp. All replies appreciated. Thanks! :)

Appalachia was needing nurses when I worked there as a new grad. Not as middle of nowhere as other places, but pretty rural. Very pretty, I loved the scenery. If either of the hospitals were better managed or paid better? Would have considered staying. Pay was lower than in bigger cities, but cost of living was low too. LARGE amount of the population had issues with drugs. The economy outside of healthcare wasn't great, for the same reasons that the oil boom towns on the Plains might be a bad choice - except think coal mining and steel. But on the other hand - you may get government assistance paying back loans because of working in underserved areas (think critical access hospitals in nowheresville, mountainland, USA).

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When you say NEPA, do you mean Wilkes Barre

could be.....

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Specializes in Cardiac Step-down, NICU.
When you say NEPA, do you mean Wilkes Barre

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA (big magnet hospital) is in need of nurses. Also Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes barre, PA. They both start at $26.50 for days and $28.20 per hour for nights... May seem low but the cost of living here is very low. There is also a Geisinger hospital in Scranton which is hiring now. I like the hospital system.

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Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA (big magnet hospital) is in need of nurses. Also Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes barre, PA. They both start at $26.50 for days and $28.20 per hour for nights... May seem low but the cost of living here is very low. There is also a Geisinger hospital in Scranton which is hiring now. I like the hospital system.

worked for both WB and Scranton...stick with WB or Danville. Scrabton has a different payscale and does not pay as well.

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Salina, Kansas. I heard some radio ads saying they were hiring new grads and paying sign on bonuses for experienced RNs.

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Places 3-6 hours from where you live...the country areas that don't pay much.

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Specializes in Peds, Oncology.
South and south central IN as well

Nursing shortage in Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland area.

Northeast Indiana as well, in fact one major health systems here has nearly 100 RN postings for just their "main" hospital...

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Specializes in Psychiatric, Aesthetics.
When relocating for a nursing position, the wise job seeker would be mindful of the current oil bust that is affecting the local economies of certain oil-rich cities and states.

Minot and Williston, ND were boom-towns for oilfield jobs for the past few years and its local economy flourished. Now that the cost of a barrel of oil is way down, unemployment is spiking. This is a sign of a local economy that was not diversified.

Just watched this on 60 Minutes, I believe. I think it's true, but they're optimistic and banking on the future. Maybe get in while cost of living is cheap and wait for oil prices to climb again.

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Specializes in ICU.

Pretty much all of Indiana. But we are very rural except for Indy. But they are having job fairs in the Indianapolis area. Job fairs hiring new grads. What kind of school did you graduate from OP??

Get on any job site and you can find areas that need nurses. Before deciding to go for it with nursing, I checked the job outlook in my area. Indianapolis is a growing city. We are one of the highest growing metro areas. But you gotta like the rural life. Indy does not compare to Vegas. We live the slow life here.

You gonna pack up your whole life OP?? I've done it for jobs before and it's what landed me where I'm at right now.

The cost of living varies from state to state and be prepared to not make what you think you may but the cost of living is not the same.

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NE Pennsylvania - but no signing bonuses/relocation assistance here...

That's good to hear. I'm just starting in my nursing education and planning to work in either NEPA or southern tier of NY. (it's equal distance to both for me).

And for the OP, I know of at least one hospital in NE Pennsylvania with sign-on bonuses - Wayne Memorial in Honesdale. I don't have any personal experience with them but their website lists 7 different RN positions with up to $20,000 sign on bonus. Some of them require experience but others don't.

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Specializes in Peds Homecare.

Syracuse, NY. Upstate Medical, Level one Trauma Center, St. Joseph's, Crouse Irving. Lots of RN positions. Not out in the boondocks at all. I know that we have many nursing programs in our area, RN grads are all usually hired as soon as they graduate. Check it out.

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Still tons of jobs here in Minot. Just got hired, start Mid Jan.

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