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

Okay, guys. This is a HUGE country. A lot of the nursing shortages talked about in things like that are in more rural parts of the country. I live in a small town in Texas, and our Hospital (which is a Level III Trauma Center and the only one for hours around) currently has openings for over 20 nurses. And they ALWAYS have a ton of openings. Unfortunately, most people aren't willing to move to small towns for nursing jobs. But that's where they are. So yes, there IS a shortage. Just not in the more widely populated areas.

How many of these positions are for entry level or an internship suitable for a recent grad?
I see an internal job listing for my hospital system right now... over 200 RN positions open throughout the different hospitals. Yet, not one of them for an entry level RN with no recent hospital experience.

UGH I'm so glad someone posted this here and that others are finding it laughable! not that I don't think nursing is NOT "here to stay" but "thriving"? Well I frankly don't know of ANY job that is "thriving" right now, except, unfortunately, my current job working with people on State assistance helping them to find jobs... that being said, in my current field, I run across people wanting to attend Everest, Ross Medical, Sanford Brown, etc., allll the time, promising the quickest route to Nursing education (or any other healthcare field, or IT, whatever) and they most definitely charge the cost of a Bachelors degree at a University, if not MORE, for a 12-18 mo. program that may or may not be accredited. It's really awful! To make matters worse, some of these places will let students begin even if they don't have their GED and will let you "graduate" from their medical program and THEN obtain your GED before getting certified. Of course at this point you have already paid the $20000+ for the bogus degree. And the convenient ads and links when you are reading these types of articles online really make the articles a whole lot less credible.