Heartbeats in the City: A Profile of the Top Cities to Be a Nurse

A bleak economy has left little room to be to be choosy on the job market. For nurses, however, a high demand has left jobs wide open across the nation.

According to NursingJobsHelp.com, “nursing is one of the most in demand job skills in America.” The site stated, “even small town weekly papers are likely to have a few ads for nursing positions, and in large cities there will be columns and columns of institutions hiring nurse.”

In fact, US News and World Report listed registered nursing as one of its best careers for 2009.

Interested in traveling? An exciting career as a travel nurse is waiting for you in cities like San Francisco, Boston, Miami and Los Angeles, according to Americantraveler.com. According to Nursinglink.com, California medical facilities offer the highest salaries for nurses, especially in northern cities like Sacramento.

Career.com listed Baltimore as the best city to work as a nurse because of the John Hopkins Hospital, which is said to be one of the best hospitals in the country. The nursing opportunities at John Hopkins range from ambulatory and emergency care to peri-operative and psychiatric/substance abuse nursing. Additionally, educational nursing opportunities are also available through the Nurse Associate Summer Student Program and the Peri-operative Internship program.

Following Baltimore, Philadelphia, home of the Pennsylvania Hospital, offers excellent nursing opportunities. Seeking sunshine with your stethoscope? Cities like Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona offer a slew of nursing positions at hospitals like the Arizona Heart Institute and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Other cities listed as the top place to be a nurse include New York, Seattle, Austin and Orlando.

Whether you’re looking for big or small, hot or cold, bustling or quaint, cities across America are searching for nurses to make all the difference.