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5.51 hours_per_patient_dayTotal RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 5.51 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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16.07 hours_per_patient_dayTotal RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 16.07 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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20.85 hours_per_patient_dayTotal RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2025: 20.85 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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7.58 hours_per_patient_dayTotal Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 7.58 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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16.8 hours_per_patient_dayTotal Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 16.80 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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21.08 hours_per_patient_dayTotal Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Mother/Baby) 2025: 21.08 hoursMother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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28.51 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 28.51 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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59.26 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 59.26 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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0 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Mother/Baby) 2025: 0.00 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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71.49 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 71.49 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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40.74 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 40.74 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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100 percentPercentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Mother/Baby) 2025: 100.00 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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142 percentRN Turnover Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2025: 141.67 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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56.25 percentRN Turnover Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2025: 56.25 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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43.33 percentRN Turnover Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2025: 43.33 %Mother/Baby unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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26.3 percentRN Vacancy Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2026: 26.30 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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36.9 percentRN Vacancy Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2026: 36.90 %Critical Care unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
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3.6 percentRN Vacancy Rate in the Mother/Baby Unit 2026: 3.60 %Mother/Baby unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.
Neighborhoods+Young professionals cluster on the North Side in Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Wicker Park—walkable, nightlife-heavy pockets with roughly 10–20 minute downtown commutes. Uptown and Edgewater sit farther north on Lake Michigan with denser rental inventory and about 10–25 minutes to the Loop; Reddit locals also float Andersonville, North Halsted, Buena Park, and Rogers Park when the commute is less of a constraint. More affordable in-city options include Bridgeport (White Sox country, four miles southwest, 10–20 minutes), Bronzeville, Humboldt Park, and lakeside Hyde Park; Gold Coast and River North are the luxury end. Families and space-seekers look at historic Beverly or inner suburbs such as Oak Park, Evanston, Naperville, Villa Park, Lombard, Des Plaines, and Northbrook for roughly 30-minute downtown access.
Young professionals cluster on the North Side in Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Wicker Park—walkable, nightlife-heavy pockets with roughly 10–20 minute downtown commutes. Uptown and Edgewater sit farther north on Lake Michigan with denser rental inventory and about 10–25 minutes to the Loop; Reddit locals also float Andersonville, North Halsted, Buena Park, and Rogers Park when the commute is less of a constraint.
More affordable in-city options include Bridgeport (White Sox country, four miles southwest, 10–20 minutes), Bronzeville, Humboldt Park, and lakeside Hyde Park; Gold Coast and River North are the luxury end. Families and space-seekers look at historic Beverly or inner suburbs such as Oak Park, Evanston, Naperville, Villa Park, Lombard, Des Plaines, and Northbrook for roughly 30-minute downtown access.
Getting around+Sources map commutes to downtown and the Loop, not named hospital campuses: Bridgeport and Bucktown about 10–20 minutes, East Garfield Park 15–25 minutes on the CTA Blue and Green Lines plus I-290, Brighton Park 15–30 minutes with I-55, buses, subway, and Midway four miles away, Uptown 10–25 minutes eight miles north. Locals tell newcomers to live on a CTA train or bus line and not rely on driving; Metra’s 11 lines and Pace cover the suburbs, with Divvy bikes and river water taxis as extras. Chicago ranked worst in the U.S. for congestion in 2025 (112 hours lost per driver), expressways need at least 30 minutes of padding, and parking and parallel-parking hunts are a standing complaint.
Sources map commutes to downtown and the Loop, not named hospital campuses: Bridgeport and Bucktown about 10–20 minutes, East Garfield Park 15–25 minutes on the CTA Blue and Green Lines plus I-290, Brighton Park 15–30 minutes with I-55, buses, subway, and Midway four miles away, Uptown 10–25 minutes eight miles north. Locals tell newcomers to live on a CTA train or bus line and not rely on driving; Metra’s 11 lines and Pace cover the suburbs, with Divvy bikes and river water taxis as extras.
Chicago ranked worst in the U.S. for congestion in 2025 (112 hours lost per driver), expressways need at least 30 minutes of padding, and parking and parallel-parking hunts are a standing complaint.
Outdoors+Lake Michigan is the backyard: Oak Street Beach, Edgewater’s miles of shoreline and beaches, and Promontory Point in Hyde Park for picnics. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest free zoos in the U.S.; the Chicago Riverwalk is the downtown pedestrian spine; Humboldt Park’s 200 acres include a lagoon, boathouse, and trails; Brighton Park sits by sprawling McKinley Park; Navy Pier is the tourist-and-local hybrid. Warm-weather patio season starts in the mid-50s; Divvy bikes cover short hops; Starved Rock is the go-to day trip for Midwest rock formations.
Lake Michigan is the backyard: Oak Street Beach, Edgewater’s miles of shoreline and beaches, and Promontory Point in Hyde Park for picnics. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest free zoos in the U.S.; the Chicago Riverwalk is the downtown pedestrian spine; Humboldt Park’s 200 acres include a lagoon, boathouse, and trails; Brighton Park sits by sprawling McKinley Park; Navy Pier is the tourist-and-local hybrid.
Warm-weather patio season starts in the mid-50s; Divvy bikes cover short hops; Starved Rock is the go-to day trip for Midwest rock formations.
Chicago is less one city than 77 community areas, and that is the real choice a relocating nurse makes. Healthcare is among the city’s top industries. Young professionals live on the North Side lakefront—Lake View (Wrigleyville and Boystown), Lincoln Park, Edgewater, Uptown—and in Bucktown, Wicker Park, and Logan Square, where the L beats the car and downtown is 10–25 minutes. Hyde Park and Bridgeport trade nightlife for greystones, lake or White Sox proximity, and lower prices; Gold Coast is the luxury tier. Live on a CTA line: drivers lost 112 hours to congestion in 2025, worst in the country. The payoff is Lake Michigan, a free Lincoln Park Zoo, the Riverwalk, Humboldt Park’s lagoon, and food from The Duck Inn and Longman & Eagle to pierogi and deep-dish. The Art Institute, Field Museum, Wrigley Field, Lollapalooza, and Blues Festival are everyday civic life. Winters are long, gray, and snowy; summers are why people stay. Typical rents sit near $1,900–$2,100 and climbing; property-tax bills keep rising. Crime is neighborhood-specific even after 2025 homicides fell to a 60-year low.
