In the USA, New York State is the third most densely populate state and the City of New York is the country’s largest city by population. New York is a very dynamic and exiting place to live with over 20 million people choosing to live there and the population explosion has no end in sight.
The shortage of trained nurses is a serious issue in the USA and the state of New York is no exception when it comes to needing more nurses. There are even a few employment incentives to help to entice nursing students to come live and work here including loan forgiveness, grants, and scholarships
If you are considering pursuing your career as a registered nurse then you have a lot of options when it comes to finding a nursing school in New York such as: Columbia University, New York University and the Weill Cornell Medical College. There are also State scholarships available which include the Regent Health Care Opportunity, the New York Lottery Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship and the NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
As far as what degrees programs are offered in nursing schools in New York they include:
- Acute Care,
- Adult Care,
- Anatomy,
- Cardiology,
- Clinical Nurse,
- Community Health,
- Family Care,
- Geriatrics,
- Gerontology,
- Holistic,
- Laboratory Testing,
- Oncology,
- Pharmacology,
- Physiology,
- Psychiatric/Mental, among others.
There are a lot of employment opportunities in New York in the city or into Upstate New York. The only states that exceed New York in number of hospitals are California and Texas. New York has 214 hospitals and here is a list of the largest hospitals (with over 1000 beds) and the most potential employers once you graduate:
- Mount Sinai Hospital – New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Bronx
- Montefiore Medical Center – Bronx
- Erie County Medical Center – Buffalo
- Buffalo General Hospital – Buffalo
There are a wide range of nursing schools in New York including online nursing schools that are becoming more and more popular as students try to juggle school into their already busy lives. There are technical and vocational colleges that will provide you with a diploma and practical nurse programs. The practical nurse track is a lead in to the LPN licensure which can get you a job in just a few months.
Community colleges deliver the two year Associates in nursing degrees and this is a very popular option and the quickest lead into an RN license. The difference between this and going onto a Bachelors degree is you miss two years of Liberal Arts education which includes more academics and more theory.
Nurses’ salaries in New York are higher, as is the cost of living. For example RNs in Albany earn between $55,000 and $67,000, and RNs in Brooklyn and New York City earn between $65,000 and $78,000.
So once you have completed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), there are many opportunities for you in New York. Here there are more health care jobs than anywhere in the country. And some of the top employers of Registered Nurses in New York include The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Buffalo General Hospital, Erie County Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division Hospital, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.