Nursing: One of the 6 Thriving Jobs that are Here to Stay???

I am glad you are employed in your field! I was making nearly that much at the job I quit to go back to school for nursing. It makes me cringe when I hear people say things like they are in it because there are soooo many jobs . I just shake my head when I think of how much I was making and how I am living now because I am doing this with my . I may not find a job the second I get out of school in a few years but this is were I am supposed to be so I don't worry about that now. The people here for money are only "self selecting." I could not tolerate sitting in a cube and playing corporate for good money and job security hence I am here now . I just remind myself of that every time the brokeness of it all sets in. One can be a broke for a while though. Money is not all (even though it is helpful!) Nursing is what I want to do...and eventually if one really keeps at it they will find something. I know it is hard, I got my CNA in June and I still cannot find a job as a CNA full or part time while I am in school! Hopefully something will turn up as I try every day and I will have a job as a CNA through out school that will give me experience and I will already be with a hospital by the time I am done with school. Things always work out in the end...if they did not we would not be here

Worrying only makes the journey harder and less enjoyable! Good luck to all the new grads in their search!!! I know it is frustrating but have faith that you will find the right job.

I'm a new grad, no job yet. It just hurts me to hear that there is nursing shortage. Nurse Altra, I believe you.
Nursing school is not as easy as to say "just two years and then earn money".

Yes, Altra is correct.

It is very difficult to look at the information being presented without having some type of emotion regarding whatever is being read. It is important to critically analyze any information that you read. Unfortunately, this is a "nursing life lesson." And it is a difficult one.

Many hugs to you.

BTW, whenever, I encounter nursing students who will be graduating within the next 4 - 6 months, I encourage them to locate employment now and if they have an offer to take it. In case they are unaware, I "hint" that the job market is not very good for nursing right now and that they will need to be aggressive in looking etc. Sometimes, it clicks . . . and other times it doesn't.

Well, I had started aplying couple months before I graduated. NOTHING.

The article is silly. lol. I don't about other areas of the country but I know my little corner pretty well. The article mentions both nursing and paralegal.

I am a former paralegal. The legal market is an absolute mess down here right now. People I know in that market have told me hiring is down and the lawyers I know tell me they are getting blind resumes in droves from people who have obviously been looking a while but are well-qualified.

(My up-side/glass half-full side): Nursing looks like a better market than paralegal right now.

It may be near impossible for a new grad to find a job recently, but its a real shortage. Not only is the need for nurses going up, but the pool of qualified nurses is shrinking as many nurses get toward retirement.

In many cases there are shortages in the hospitals *now* (take a look at the PICU, CCU, and ED in any hospital right now if you don't believe me), but they are still hesitant to hire anyone with less than 2 years experience

I'm a new grad myself and had the misfortune to wait until *only* 8 months prior to graduation to begin the job hunt. I graduated in May and my job hunt just happened to coincide with the worst economy since the great depression!

Just look where you can is all I can advise. I was a student nurse extern at a major hospital system in northern virginia during my senior yeat and I only landed a PRN position as a roaming flu shot nurse because the head of the externship happens to be involved with the vaccination programs. I doubt they would have even looked past the May 2009 graduation date on my application if it was not for that!

Read between the lines of that article, and its high crap quotient becomes obvious. It's driven by the popular myth that if you go back to school you'll increase your marketability down the road. It lists a bunch of professions that are theoretically bullet-proof, but that anyone who's been paying attention already knows are suffering terrible job eliminations. Then it suggests the educational requirements for those bullet-proof jobs... honestly, the ad could have been written by any or all of the for-profit training schools in existence these days as it sounds just like their commercials. Did you get the part about the physician's assistant training (a two year course)? Oh please!

There isn't a doubt in my mind that this article was contributed by DeVry, or Everest, or any one of the many for-profits out there, which specialize in taking students' money and graduating them out into dead markets.

that's why I'm telling them to start at 4-6months before graduation.

Currently, location is everything! All of our new RN grads from May 09 are employed. To-be grads for Dec 09 are now interviewing (for open positions)......this is in the eastern part of KY.

A hospital I know of in Roswell, NM (ENMMC) is hiring RN's (some day shift positions, even) with a sign on bonus and relocation.

Esunada, why is it such a problem for people to go into nursing for financial or economic reasons? Believe me that the place that you work at thinks a lot about financial and economic aspects of your field. If this is not a main concern of yours your employer will LOVE you. This is part of the reason that most nurses make less than people working in a factory with no educational requirements or responsibilities.