If you're looking for a career that's filled with promise for long-term financial security, healthcare is where it's at. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has projected that wage and salary employment in the healthcare industry will grow by as much as 22% from 2006 to 2016 - or by about three million jobs nationwide. Of these job openings, which represent nearly 20% of the total number of jobs that will be added to the economy over this period, the lion's share will go to nurses.