Deman for nurses decreases in Columbus????

DidiRN · Jan 8, 2006

Well, me personally, I would take a pay cut to do agency, for what the agency is paying here. They are actually paying nurses with many years of experience (like myself) very well now. I can't comment on the other part, I know in my unit the need for agency/travelers has dropped, simply because they are paying a much higher wage now and people are staying.

I was speaking with a fellow nurse the other night and she told me the demand for nurses has decreased in Columbus this year. She used to pick up a few extra days a month there and visit family, but she says the need has not been there in about 4 months. Can this be true? What has the area done to meet the needs for staff? I had wanted to give that a try later in the year. Anyone have any input??

ChristineN, BSN, RN · Jan 8, 2006

I don't know about Columbus, but the other areas of the state still appear to have a strong demand. :)

renerian, BSN, RN · Jan 9, 2006

I have not heard this rumor around here. I know the hospitals are still using travelers/agency so they must still need help.

renerian

flohaz · Jan 11, 2006

Greetings! I have just joined allnurses.com This topic interests me because I am moving back to Columbus, Ohio after several years in another state. Which agencies pay better and get you more work? Which hospitals use the most agency nurses? I am going to start shopping around soon. Thanks

ohioln, RN · Apr 6, 2006

I don't know much about how agencies pay in Columbus, bec. I'm working in Toledo, but my agency has been handing out lists of the names of the Ohio Senate and asking us to write to them and ask them to vote against reducing reimbursement for skilled nurses (RN & LPN) in OH, which the ODJFS is trying to do. They are trying to cut our pay 0.8 the first hour and 0.5 the second hour, then every hour past that would be what we are getting now. This will heavily impact home care nurses because each visit we do counts as the 1st hour. I was also told by my agency that OH nurses are payed less than some other states to start with. Any comments? I think it's awful!

lyela · Apr 7, 2006

I don't know much about how agencies pay in Columbus, bec. I'm working in Toledo, but my agency has been handing out lists of the names of the Ohio Senate and asking us to write to them and ask them to vote against reducing reimbursement for skilled nurses (RN & LPN) in OH, which the ODJFS is trying to do. They are trying to cut our pay 0.8 the first hour and 0.5 the second hour, then every hour past that would be what we are getting now. This will heavily impact home care nurses because each visit we do counts as the 1st hour. I was also told by my agency that OH nurses are payed less than some other states to start with. Any comments? I think it's awful!

Two can play that game. Why don't the nurses lobby the Senate to reduce the budget of ODJFS! :madface:

brown eyed girl · Apr 12, 2006

I believe it to be true. I am a new grad LPN and have been licensed since early February and I have yet to find a job. As the weeks have passed, I see less and less jobs in the paper and online. In this past Sunday's paper, I saw about 3 ft positions for 11-7 in LTC and about 5 pt positions for 3-11. Its extremely frustrating and Im glad that Im moving away.:angryfire

renerian, BSN, RN · May 4, 2006

Some of the Toledo hospitals still employ LPNs.

renerian

shadow hawk · Jun 16, 2006

I think right now nursing in Columbus is interesting. Agency is not paying enough to make as many nurses work full time for them as in the past. Other employers are paying more so nurses are taking the full time jobs. More and more employers are willing to allow the nurses to create their schedules. Employers that have in the past not bothered to figure out why nurses wouldn't work for them have now put effort into making the nursing staff happy. Columbus has a large number of immigrants who have become nurses not because of a great desire to become a nurse but a desire to earn more money for the least amount of education. 1 year of education = 20 dollars an hour. There is a 2 year waiting list for lpn school. Medication aides will start in less than a year and if people don't think that these employeers won't be happy to pay them half of what they are paying a lpn they are wrong. I actually like the idea of medication aides. Anyway there are a number of reasons that nursing is changing in Columbus. Some reasons are good some are not. Mostly I'll just wait and see.