Facility North Kansas City Hospital

The grounds include a Pavilion, Health Center, Medical Plaza, Professional Building, and NorthCare Hospice House, and Meritas Health—wholly owned here since 1993—anchors the largest Northland physician network with more than 280 providers. If you are a graduate nurse, the Winter 2026 residency lists a base of $34.50 an hour and requires BLS from the American Heart Association; a bachelor’s in nursing is preferred. On Cardiac/Medical ICU you give holistic care under the DON and charge nurse. Associates is the floor there with a bachelor’s preferred, Missouri RN licensure and BLS are required, ACLS is due within a year if critical care is new to you, and CCRN is preferred. Around those units sit award-winning cardiovascular and orthopedic programs, about 550 physicians across 49 specialties, and services that include emergency care, neurosciences, and spinal surgery. Missouri is a compact-license state if you are relocating into Kansas City.