??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

Nope , there is no shortage of nurses.

I know one nurse who works only as a the Beer Cart Girl at a local golf course. she is happy

Hello, Yosemite,
You've got it right on the money...

"Re-entry programs are becoming HARD to find/utilize as a working adult (I know, I've been looking...).

Licensed in 1980 after my BSN-RN, I continued to work 14 years! I befell to a MEDICAL DISABILITY and now 13 years later, I studied and took my NCLEX-RN, PASSED on June 29th, and have yet to be able to land a job... YES cucsus is low, YES, I was unable to be LICENSED before all the NEW GRADS- but, yes there are UNFILLED positions!!! I keep applying, and have TERRIFFIC INTERVIEWS, have actually been told I "will be hired, a per diem rate, set # of hours" only to be called the next week and told, wait another month or so, that the census is too low to hire me... another criticism has been my VOID of working history over the past 13 years (remember my disability)and my lapse of direct CLINICAL exposure) but, I have scoured the ENTIRE state, Florida, for re-entry, of refresher clinical courses, programs, and there are NONE! How does an experienced RN with excellent critical thinking and maturity and bedside management and skil get bak into an entry level job?? I fear it's a combination of my age, the lapse in work/recent experience, and mostly, that they can't see all the benefit I bring, they only see my (short-term baggage) all the job openings I see now are in specialty areas, all require current ACLS and specialty designations, even if I opt to more education, that doesn't fill my lapse in the work history, nor beef my clinical into todays new proceedures and electronic charting... how does one re-enter nursing, when No-one is willing to hire you?

That's exactly it, a straight supply-and-demand situation with the moneybags who control the pay thereby keeping staffing levels to the lowest, cheapest level possible. I have no idea why this always shows up as a "controversy." There is no "controversy" where the industry is concerned because with the success of the "shortage" smoke screen, no one's been successfully sued for typical low staffing. And guess who perpetuates the lie for them so they rarely have to break cover and do it themselves? We do!

For $3,120,000 a year I'll pay for myOWN benefits!

God bless all beer cart girls. It may be the most important job in America, after nursing of course.

For what it's worth, most nursing jobs offer a bonus here (Detroit area). Although, I couldn't blame anyone who didn't want to live/work here.

I love beer cart girls too

there is a website for beer cart girl of the month

I check it monthly of course

I must plead ignorance on this, but----- What's a beer cart girl????

Ah, the beer cart girl. *sigh* Do you play golf? No!??! Well, the beer cart girl is that wonderful person who patrols the golf course with a special cart outfitted to bring COLD BEER to the golfers. Now, a PROPERLY outfitted beer cart can hold one HELL of a lot of beers! Yes, they can bring you other things, don't ask me what as what more do you need than a few COLD BEERS while playing the wonderous game o' golf???

Unnerstan???

Think I understand it now. How did ya guess I didn't play golf???

Now, if I am understanding you guys correctly, this beer car girl is more like an 'angel of mercy' (old nickname for nurses) to golfers.


HMMMMMM.....might be a worthy profession to look into.....
no unsatified clients....
CHEERS:biere: