16. Ireland
Basic salary – $24,500
Cost of living – 79.91
Nurses who work eight hours – 9%
As you can see from these numbers, Ireland, as the starting entry on our list of places to live for nurses in 2017, offers a good starting salary compared to the cost of living, but only 9 percent of nurses work eight hours, so that qualifies this country for a place on the bottom of the list. Known as the home country of a famous writer Oscar Wilde, it is also known for its cleanliness and amazing nature. So, if you like Guinness beer and sheep in perfect green grasslands, working long hours is not that important.
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