Registered Nurse Jobs – A USA Listing

Welcome to our Registered Nurse Jobs site. The purpose of this site is to provide a frequently updated list of current open positions for the registered nurse. Our focus is on registered nurse jobs which are available in the United States. Our list of jobs consists of a page for each state, and each page combines the results from several job search engines. Our paradigm is similar to the meta-search engines like Dogpile, except here we combine the results from job search engines as opposed to regular search engines. If you own a job search engine and you provide an RSS feed for your search result, and your RSS feed is not on our result page, contact us by going to our “About” page, and we will include your result for each page.

Here we also provide to the registered nurse informative articles, useful statistics, videos, a selection of relevant books, and current nurse career news. The registered nurse jobs listed here are in the form of RSS feeds, and will be automatically updated when new jobs become available. This site is produced by IntellegoJobs, a division of Intellego Web Publishing.

The following data should be interesting to the registered nurse who resides within the United States. This data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is for May, 2007.

Registered Nurse Jobs – Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

States with the highest concentration of registered nurses with annual salary:
(highest at top)

South Dakota $50,830
Massachusetts $74,940
West Virginia $51,020
Maine $58,010
Mississippi $53,400

Top paying States for registered nurses with annual salary:
(highest at top)

California $78,550
Massachusetts $74,940
Hawaii $74,220
New Jersey $70,900
Maryland $70,480

Mean annual salary for registered nurses:

$62,480

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of registered nurses with annual salary:
(highest at top)

Dothan, AL $52,810
Gainesville, FL $59,370
Cumberland, MD-WV $53,470
Charlottesville, VA $59,130
Lima, OH $53,410

Top paying metropolitan areas for registered nurses:

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $95,580
Salinas, CA $91,610
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division $91,260
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division $90,180
Midland, TX $87,260

Industries with the highest levels of employment for the registered nurse with annual salary:
(highest at top)

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $63,820
Offices of Physicians $61,740
Home Health Care Services $59,140
Nursing Care Facilities $56,410
Employment Services $67,570

Education required for the registered nurse:

To become a registered nurse, there are three possible educational paths which may be followed. These are bachelor’s degree, an associate degree, and a diploma from an approved nursing program. The most common educational path is to obtain an associate degree or a bachelor’s degree. No matter which path is followed, all must successfully pass a national licensing examination, known as the NCLEX-RN in order to gain a nursing license and be a registered nurse.

The bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) is offered by colleges and universities across the United States, and take about 4 years to complete. Associate degree in nursing (ADN) are offered by community and junior colleges and take about 2 to 3 years to complete. Diploma programs, administered in hospitals, last about 3 years.

Many RNs who obtained a diploma or ADN end up going back to school to obtain a BSN, simply because having the BSN allows for further advancement and a broader scope of nursing practice. Many RNs will start out their nursing career with a ADN or diploma and take advantage of tuition reimbursement programs in order to gain the BSN.

Advanced practice nursing specialties—clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, nurse-midwives, and nurse practitioners require a Master’s Degree.

But the most important quality that a nurse should have is a concern and compassion for those who are in need. A nurse also needs emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.

For more information about education required for the registered nurse in the United States go to Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job outlook for the registered nurse:

Employment opportunities for nurses vary based on geographical setting, but overall opportunities are considered excellent. Employment during the time frame of 2006 to 2016 is expected to grow faster for registered nurses compared to other occupations. Employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 23 percent. It should be noted that during this time frame, 587,000 new registered nurse jobs are expected, which is higher then any other occupation.

Why such enormous growth in terms of employment opportunities for nursing? This is due primarily because of expected technological advancements in patient care which results in a greater number of conditions which can be treated, and an expected increase in the number older people in the United States, most of which will require some form of medical support.

A nurse shortage is expected which means your skill will be in great demand. All of these facts point to nursing as a highly desirable occupation.

Source for the above data:
Bureau of Labor Statistics

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