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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
AFAIK it's still that way in a lot of areas.
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Originally Posted by christiangirl
^^^Not over here (and she's not able to relocate). There was just a thing on the news about how the older nurses can't afford to retire so the newly graduated nurses are coming out of school to find no jobs are opening up. Several recent grads interviewed said the same thing: I thought it was a guaranteed job so I went to school for this and there's nothing.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I had a guy one time try to shove nursing/healthcare down my throat and said "you'll be in it someday." I think I nicely responded that would be a cold day in hell. Just not my thing.
It's not that medical professionals aren't needed, it's that they may be hiring LPNs (or whatever that designation is called) instead of RNs, or they may have to look other places for a job (such as being a home health aide).
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There was an extreme nursing shortage prior to the recession. I read an article recently that the nursing shortage is over because so many people who have been displaced in other careers have gone into nursing. I know that in Michigan there were special accelerated classes for auto workers who wanted to become nurses.
I suspect that at least some of the people who turned to nursing in a pinch will leave it if things get better and other jobs become more available. It's definitely not for everybody. Having worked in health care, nursing is one area I know I could never do.
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