Philadelphia positions for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses are expected to gain 8 percent between 2002 and 2012, according to the Center for Workforce Information and Analysis – Pennsylvania Work Stats. Philadelphia's highest employment sector is education and health service, with 386,700 total jobs; those jobs include 13,530 held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in 2002 with projected additions of 1,080 positions by 2012.
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Why Philadelphia is a Great Place to Study Nursing
Along with its rich heritage and charm, Philadelphia also boosts many prestigious medical opportunities. Ten Philadelphia hospitals recently ranked in the U.S. News & World Report's top lists of 17 categories of healthcare/facilities. Nursing is a current high-demand profession across the United States, but Philadelphia has the unique distinction of providing both traditional methodology and cutting edge technology to allow nursing students to truly appreciate the profession's long past and its proactive future. Twenty of the top 50 Philadelphia employers are either institutions that provide nursing education or are medical profession employers, including the University of Pennsylvania (4), Temple University (5), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (6), and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (7).
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