| Quick, name the city in the United States | | | | nearly any nursing specialty field |
| that offers nurses the most career | | | | imaginable. Here are just a few |
| opportunities. If you guessed New York City, | | | | 'non-traditional' New York nursing jobs. |
| you hit the nail on the head. In 2005, there | | | | |
| were nearly 70,000 jobs for skilled nurses in | | | | Community Health Nurse |
| New York City. But there's more to the | | | | |
| demographic than just numbers. When it comes | | | | Not all nurses work in hospitals and nursing |
| to nursing jobs, New York is number one in | | | | homes. Community health nursing jobs in New |
| more ways than one. | | | | York include on site nursing in transitional |
| | | | residences, or home visit nurses who help |
| Salaries | | | | people stay in their homes rather than ending |
| | | | up in a nursing home or institution. Working |
| According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, | | | | in community health can include being part of |
| the mean salary for a registered nurse | | | | ground-breaking research, combating an |
| nationally is $52,810. In New York, 72% of | | | | unexpected epidemic or teaching new young |
| all registered nurses are earning more than | | | | mothers how to care for their babies in their |
| $55,000 annually. The average salary for a | | | | own homes. |
| registered nurse in New York is $64,000 as | | | | |
| compared to the national average of $49,840. | | | | Policy Makers |
| (all statistics from BLS). A licensed | | | | |
| practical nurse can count on a salary in the | | | | For nurses who want to make a difference on a |
| $30,000-$45,000 range. New York is the single | | | | wide scale, there are many nursing jobs that |
| top market for nursing jobs across the | | | | include opportunities to help make policy. |
| country. | | | | Nurses are integral team members at insurance |
| | | | companies, in government and on hospital |
| Flexibility | | | | boards. As a consultant to city and town |
| | | | councils, nurses help ensure that patient and |
| Registered and licensed nurses have | | | | family needs are met when the big companies |
| incredible flexibility in work schedules and | | | | make policies that affect nursing and medical |
| types of jobs. Nursing jobs in New York offer | | | | care. |
| a wide range of opportunities that can fit | | | | |
| nearly anyone who enjoys working with and | | | | Occupational Health Nursing |
| helping people. There are nursing jobs | | | | |
| available at prestigious teaching hospitals | | | | More and more large businesses are including |
| and universities, at inner city clinics, at | | | | an on site nurse on their payroll. |
| upscale doctor's offices and in schools or | | | | Occupational health nurses may work for a |
| with the health department. A New York nurse | | | | single company, doing preventive and |
| might specialize in obstetrics or | | | | assessment nursing, or work for a clinic or |
| dermatology, in pediatrics or oncology or in | | | | rehabilitation facility helping patients |
| any one of myriad other specialties. Nowhere | | | | recover from sports and work-related |
| else in the world is there such a wide | | | | injuries, or learn to live with limitations |
| variety of nursing jobs available. | | | | caused by their medical conditions. New York |
| | | | is at the forefront of many trends in |
| Scheduling is every bit as flexible. As | | | | nursing, and a nurse who chooses to |
| hospital and other medical facility | | | | specialize in occupational health will find |
| administrators try to cope with the shortage | | | | many nursing jobs in New York. |
| of nurses (predicted to hit 800,000 by 2020); | | | | |
| they've started offering schedules that fit | | | | Teaching Specialties |
| anyone's way of life. It's not unusual for a | | | | |
| nurse to work three twelve hour shifts in a | | | | Nurse educators are very much in demand in |
| week and have four days off, or work just | | | | any large city, and New York is no exception. |
| weekend nights - for a premium salary. | | | | Whether teaching nursing in a formal nursing |
| | | | school or delivering continuing education in |
| Career Options | | | | the form of in-services and specialty |
| | | | courses, there's a place for a nurse with a |
| New York has a lot to offer nurses in the way | | | | talent for passing on knowledge to others. |
| of career opportunities and continuing | | | | |
| education. The state is home to some of the | | | | In short, New York has a little of everything |
| best teaching hospitals in the world. Nurses | | | | for those interested in pursuing a nursing |
| who are ready to move on will find it easy to | | | | career. From rural nursing to inner city |
| make a lateral move to a different type of | | | | health, there are thousands of open nursing |
| nursing, or to climb the career ladder in | | | | jobs in New York. |