Registered Nurse RN Critical Care Float Pool

Saint Alphonsus

Boise, Idaho

Posted Aug 10

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights
Unit and setting: Critical Care · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

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Floating: Floats to other units

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In Boise, ID

Boise, ID

Living costs about 5% below the US average

Life in Boise, ID

NeighborhoodsCollister, at the base of the Boise Foothills, is the roundup favorite for singles, young professionals, families, and retirees: Craftsman, Ranch, and Modern homes, Polecat Reserve, Catalpa Park, and Extra Space’s figures of a $206,060 median purchase price, $846 median rent, and safer than 67% of Boise neighborhoods. Depot Bench (that same guide’s $181,200 median) sits close to downtown and parks; Southeast Boise (about $202,405 there) hugs the Greenbelt, and Reddit users specifically flag Southeast Boise Village if you work near the University. West Valley and West Bench are the workhorse affordable areas in We Know Boise’s list (medians $280,000 and $276,200)—1990s–2000s subdivisions and mid-century Westland Acres, with easy drives toward Meridian, Nampa, Eagle Road, and the interstate. The North End is the historic premium (Extra Space averaged $288,917): tree-lined streets and Hyde Park, which Facebook parents call ideal but expensive and older. Treat those neighborhood sale prices as relative ranking; 2026 citywide indexes sit near $508,000–$512,000.

Collister, at the base of the Boise Foothills, is the roundup favorite for singles, young professionals, families, and retirees: Craftsman, Ranch, and Modern homes, Polecat Reserve, Catalpa Park, and Extra Space’s figures of a $206,060 median purchase price, $846 median rent, and safer than 67% of Boise neighborhoods. Depot Bench (that same guide’s $181,200 median) sits close to downtown and parks; Southeast Boise (about $202,405 there) hugs the Greenbelt, and Reddit users specifically flag Southeast Boise Village if you work near the University.

West Valley and West Bench are the workhorse affordable areas in We Know Boise’s list (medians $280,000 and $276,200)—1990s–2000s subdivisions and mid-century Westland Acres, with easy drives toward Meridian, Nampa, Eagle Road, and the interstate. The North End is the historic premium (Extra Space averaged $288,917): tree-lined streets and Hyde Park, which Facebook parents call ideal but expensive and older.

Treat those neighborhood sale prices as relative ranking; 2026 citywide indexes sit near $508,000–$512,000.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: weknowboise.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com Source 6: realestate.usnews.com

Getting aroundUS News puts the average Boise commute at about 17.44 minutes. West Bench is repeatedly praised for interstate and Chinden Boulevard access and a short hop to Garden City’s Live-Work-Create District, the Greenbelt, and Whitewater Park; West Valley is an easy drive to Meridian, Nampa, and Eagle Road. United Van Lines lists limited public transportation as a core drawback, so daily life assumes a car. Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking conditions.

US News puts the average Boise commute at about 17.44 minutes. West Bench is repeatedly praised for interstate and Chinden Boulevard access and a short hop to Garden City’s Live-Work-Create District, the Greenbelt, and Whitewater Park; West Valley is an easy drive to Meridian, Nampa, and Eagle Road.

United Van Lines lists limited public transportation as a core drawback, so daily life assumes a car. Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking conditions.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: weknowboise.com Source 3: unitedvanlines.com

OutdoorsThe Boise River Greenbelt is a 25-mile paved and soft-path ribbon for walking, running, biking, birding, and summer river floats with rentals and shuttles. In-town foothills trailheads include Polecat Reserve’s 5.8-mile loop from Collister, Camel’s Back Park and Ridge-to-Rivers climbs, and Table Rock’s 3–4 mile out-and-back with valley views. Neighborhood greens include Catalpa Park, Fairmont Park and pool, 54-acre Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve, and Whitewater Park. Bogus Basin is 30–40 minutes up the canyon for winter skiing and tubing and summer mountain biking; common day trips are McCall, Idaho City, and the Sunnyslope Wine Trail.

The Boise River Greenbelt is a 25-mile paved and soft-path ribbon for walking, running, biking, birding, and summer river floats with rentals and shuttles. In-town foothills trailheads include Polecat Reserve’s 5.8-mile loop from Collister, Camel’s Back Park and Ridge-to-Rivers climbs, and Table Rock’s 3–4 mile out-and-back with valley views.

Neighborhood greens include Catalpa Park, Fairmont Park and pool, 54-acre Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve, and Whitewater Park. Bogus Basin is 30–40 minutes up the canyon for winter skiing and tubing and summer mountain biking; common day trips are McCall, Idaho City, and the Sunnyslope Wine Trail.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: quora.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: weknowboise.com Source 4: travelingspud.com Source 5: wellnesstraveldiaries.com Source 6: visitboise.com

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Boise packs downtown, a 25-mile river Greenbelt, Basque Block, and foothills trailheads (Camel’s Back, Table Rock, Polecat) into one compact capital, with Bogus Basin skiing 30–40 minutes up the canyon. Nurses get outdoor access, a metro still small enough for ~17-minute drives, and jobs buoyed by Micron’s southeast buildout—but you will need a car, and housing is no bargain. Typical homes sat near $508,000 in mid-2026 and rents near $1,425, so Collister, West Bench, West Valley, Depot Bench, and Southeast Boise are the named value areas; the North End’s Hyde Park charm costs more. July can hit 99°F; rain is light; wildfire smoke and winter inversions trap valley air. Fairmont pool, Hyatt Hidden Lakes, and floating the Boise River are weekend defaults. Treefort, Basque festivals, Flying Pie, Luciano’s, and brewery crawls animate evenings. Tradeoffs: rapid growth, thin transit, deep-red politics, and prices locals call outrageous versus incomes.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: thehonestlocal.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: weknowboise.com Source 5: travelingspud.com Source 6: unitedvanlines.com Source 7: youtube.com Source 8: visitboise.com Source 9: facebook.com

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