Enomic recession, how is the job market for nurses in Dallas?

Dallas in general is not feeling this "Recession".

The nursing job market in Texas, more specifically Dallas and Fort Worth, has been healthy and robust for my friends, coworkers, and I. As far as finding work has been concerned, Texas has been very good to me.

I haven't heard of anyone in my class having problems finding jobs. If we can as new grads, I'd think experience should prevail!

Oh yeah definitely... DFW market is better for nurses than other places right now. I graduated from TCU in FW last year and all my friends got the jobs they wanted. I, on the other hand, moved to Austin, and the market SUCKS here. It's next to impossible to get the position you want. You should be fine in DFW.

I have been looking for a part-time or PRN job in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and I see lots of FT openings, but few PRN. So, I think you should be just fine. I agree that DFW is not feeling the recession as much as other areas, there is a lot of growth in this area.

I graduated LVN school around here in 2006 then moved out of state for a couple years. I recently moved back in September this year. Maybe I was unrealistic, but I thought I wouldn't have any problem landing a job in a hospital since I had couple years of hospital experience and good references. Anyhow, I applied to just about every LVN opening (even a few that were within my specialty area) in every hospital in my area. I ended with only one interview at LTACH which did not get hired at. For now I have given up on looking for hospital employment since I am enjoying what I started dong in hospice. The whole process was extremely frustrating. I'm not sure if my situation was related to and "economic recession" or just the going trend of the area. I can't imagine that an RN would have any problem getting employed in a hospital. Guess it's time to go back to school...

So, Ken, can we assume you no longer despise the state of Texas and think it's a terrible place for nurses to work?