I worked in the UK briefly earlier this year. When I left, there were plenty of nursing jobs all over the place, but recently I've been hearing stories of mass redundancies in the midst of the worst nursing shortage ever, budget blowouts, restructuring, etc etc etc... It sounds like the guts have fallen out of the NHS and it's gasping its dying breaths... And taking its nurses to hell with it!
Is nursing unemployment seriously an issue at the moment? That is, are nurses genuinely facing difficulty securing employment? Are we now, for the first time in a long time, fighting it out with all "the others" in the interview room for a lousy staff nurse position? Where will this all lead, both in the short term and long term?
I'm returning for another three month stint in one week, and I'm actually a bit worried about what I might find... Can I have some reassurance? Or do you only have horror stories to tell?
