Does it make sense to stay a nurse if there is a predicted glut in 2025?
We already know plenty of people are trying to become nurses.
I see on Allnurses where many do not think these people cannot handle the schoolwork,
but i know for a fact that many of them are actually succeeding.
I would say 90% of the people i know who wanted to become nurses in the last 5 years have succeeded.
I will only be 43 in 2025. I have been a nurse since 2004,and have never really worked outside of nursing(besides being a Cna)
I will also have 21 years in nursing if i stay in 2025.
Of course,i can get a Bsn to stay competitive,but i do wonder if that will be enough.
It might get so competitive that employers might ask for something else or they might have even more stringent requirements(such as 1 year med surg experience) that i do not have.
It illustrates the loss of a public option. As a former writer for the socialist worker in London, having lived in a nation with socialist medicine (and a private option), and sitting on the board of directors of a integrated healthcare NPO, this is my opinion. Congrats on the career change. Hope it works out. It is a long journey.
Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
This links to Bureau of Labor Statistics projected (2022) demand for RNs and LPNs: BLS statistics. Here's another to the HRSA 2012-2025 report. From these, the outlook for RNs and LPNs is not great.
Projections for NPs, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists (particularly NPs), is much better, presumably because they are being asked to pick up the slack resulting from the primary care physician shortage: Bureau of Labor Statistics
As far as I am concerned the BLS has lost credibility. If they have ever been right about anything related to nurses I have yet to hear of it.
Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
I suggest NOT getting a BSN. I regret getting mine. I would skip it altogether and just do MSN. You can get an MSN in the same amount of time and about the same effort as a BSN.
Does it make sense to stay a nurse if there is a predicted glut in 2025?
We already know plenty of people are trying to become nurses.
I see on Allnurses where many do not think these people cannot handle the schoolwork,
but i know for a fact that many of them are actually succeeding.
I would say 90% of the people i know who wanted to become nurses in the last 5 years have succeeded.
I will only be 43 in 2025. I have been a nurse since 2004,and have never really worked outside of nursing(besides being a Cna)
I will also have 21 years in nursing if i stay in 2025.
Of course,i can get a Bsn to stay competitive,but i do wonder if that will be enough.
It might get so competitive that employers might ask for something else or they might have even more stringent requirements(such as 1 year med surg experience) that i do not have.
I don't think you could ever go wrong advancing your education. :)
I also have 15 years of management/administrative experience so I'm now looking at possibly going into nursing administration.
There's always going to be a top 50% employee and a bottom 50%..... Just do the best you can to be a valuable employee and you'll always be in demand.
So her 10+ years of Nursing EXPERIENCE isn't competitive? The push towards a BSN is poppycock. She won't learn anything in a BSN that will remotely compete with 10yrs of experience.
What do you plan on doing to stay competitive?
Attempt to go up the clinical ladder, meaning, do education, try being a supervisor, become certified in a specialty?
We can't see the future, however, being a nurse requires career-long studying.
You have been given suggestions in the past with regards to low cost schools, which you will earn your BSN.
It will up to YOU how you will stay relevant to nursing.
Specializes in Ambulatory Care, LTC, OB, CCU, Occ Hth.
So specialize. Nursing is incredibly versatile. Find a niche and specialize; become an expert. It's not just "nursing" now. Specializations are popping up continuously.
and besides education is an investment!
Would not a nursing glut result in decreased wages?
It actually already is...my own hourly pay decreased by $5,and in this area somebody just made a post that they were offered $20 as a new grad Rn.
Compare that to 2004,when i started at $25 as a new grad Lpn.
I know with my luck,i might get the Bsn and then the Msn becomes the new minimum standard.
I would rather save the $10,489 i am going to use for the Bsn and invest it instead.
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Intrigued.