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Demand Up 20 Percent for Nurses

January 16, 2013

Healthcare organizations posted more than 156,000 online job ads for registered nurses during December, a 20 percent increase compared with December 2011, according to Wanted Analytics, a firm that tracks online job ads.

Medical and surgical hospitals placed 16 percent of the nurse jobs, the largest percentage by setting. Other healthcare settings with the highest demand included physicians’ offices, home healthcare services, nursing care facilities and ambulatory health care services.