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Nursing Jobs in California

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January 27, 2011


Apparently having a healthcare job in California really pays off. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, one city nurse in the Bay area made as much as $350,000 last year after overtime and bonuses. In area’s where the population is growing the demand for nurses and other jobs in healthcare is also rising. This means that the potential for higher paychecks is also increasing.
According to one website, ChooseNursing.com, newly graduating nurses in California are currently making between $40 and $46 an hour, depending on which city they work in. The highest starting salaries in the state were around $83,000 a year with signing bonuses being advertised as high as $10,000. As education and experience rises so does the possibly of greater pay, but on average, a nurse practitioner in California makes somewhere over $89,000 a year. In many cases employers will assist or reimburse those with jobs in healthcare for the expenses of extra certifications and training.

At this time the shortage of nurses and other professionals to fill open jobs in healthcare is a big concern for the area, meaning that salary increases and other incentives may soon be on the way. One of the districts in California where the deficiency was noted, in 2004, to be among the worst in the state is Ventura County. Over the last four years officials have seen to improvements such as the addition of a nursing program at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, hospital partnerships with community colleges and pipeline projects geared towards to encouraging high school students towards taking jobs in healthcare, but more nurses are still needed.
One of the problems that continue plague the area is the fact that there is not enough funding for CSUCI’s nursing program. Although 313 people applied for the program a lack of finances made it possible for only 37 to be accepted. Others were placed on the waiting list. A 2004 report funded by the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care found that there were approximately 3,490 registered nursing jobs in Ventura County, which means there are 430 for every 100,000 residents. This ratio earned the area a grade of “F” in the evaluation.
Since the nursing programs in Ventura County are still unable to see enough students graduate to fill the number of area jobs in healthcare, those not opposed to relocation or travel nurses should look into jobs listings in the area. This may help hospitals and other medical facilities to improve their standards in efficiency and patient care.

Originally posted by joel cheesman

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