New York City is the leading metro in the United States for nursing jobs. Like the rest of the country, there is a growing shortage of qualified candidates for New York City nursing jobs. It is expected that by 2020, there will be a shortage of 7,000 nurses, with most of these nursing jobs located in the metro's hospitals and care facilities. New York City's leading hospital, New York - Presbyterian, was recently rated one of the best in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
Cardiac nurses care for patients who have problems with their heart and other related systems. These problems include conditions such as unstable angina, cardiac dysrhythmias, congested heart failure, and myocardial infarctions. Cardiac nurses have specialized skills, and practice within a sub-specialty area of nursing. Unlike nurses who work in other specialties, cardiac nurses know how to monitor telemetry patients, and they have a working knowledge about advanced cardiac life support and IV cardiac medications. Cardiac nurses work in hospitals, clinics, and they work in variety of areas such as CCU, ICU, Cardiac Cath labs, operating rooms, and Cardiac rehab. Cardiac nurses also work as home health nurses, caring for patients who are recovery from cardiac procedures and surgery.