Grauduating Nurses Unable to Find Employment

linzz · May 9, 2007

Interesting article. If this is true, it is a disgrace.

Stormikris · May 9, 2007

As I saw it the hospital system where I was from they did little to recruit nurses. They did not advertise their contracts that pay student loans off. To be perfectly honest with you because of the mandatory BSN program it creates many nurses that do not want to do bedside nursing especially when they can't tailor the shifts to all days, no weekends and no holidays. So they're going to move to where they may be paid better, may be able to surf everyday after or before work and be able to choose the schedule they desire.

micdelrosario · May 9, 2007

As I saw it the hospital system where I was from they did little to recruit nurses. They did not advertise their contracts that pay student loans off. To be perfectly honest with you because of the mandatory BSN program it creates many nurses that do not want to do bedside nursing especially when they can't tailor the shifts to all days, no weekends and no holidays. So they're going to move to where they may be paid better, may be able to surf everyday after or before work and be able to choose the schedule they desire.

IF SOME ONE HAS A BSN THEN THEY WOULDNT HAVE A PROBLEM IN GETTING A JOB IN BC RIGHT? SO HOW COME THERES AN UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE?

lizzyberry · May 9, 2007

Is it true employers will choose someone with a bsn first rather than adn.

micdelrosario · May 9, 2007

Is it true employers will choose someone with a bsn first rather than adn.

whats adn? is that the diploma?

Fiona59 · May 9, 2007

My hospital chooses any warm body with a nursing license...

lalaxton · May 10, 2007

In Ontario there is more and more of a nursing shortage as well as the Ministry of Health helping graduating students find and fund positions. Right now in our hospital we are closing beds for lack of staff! So I obviously the problem is not an issue everywhere.

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · May 10, 2007

If 1200 new Canadian grads are not going to find full time employment in Canada this year, why are hospitals going outside the country to places like the UK, France, Australia and the Philippines to recruit staff? The costs associated with these international recruits have to be astronomical. Job fair attendance in other countries, relocation allowances, credentialling costs, orientation and all the rest have to cost a ton of cash. And most facilities can't pay these imports less money than a home-grown nurse due to union contracts, so what's the deal? Where's the sense in that? Hire the grads from local schools, save a bunch of money and provide jobs for Canadians first, people!

suzanne4, RN · May 10, 2007

Having a nursing license, even if it is a BSN does not guarantee a nurse that they are going to find work in the facility that they want, with the shift that they want, and the unit that they want. It takes all three things to come together for a fit to be made. And it is a fitting. You need to fit in with the customs, etc. of that place, and they need to adjust to you as well.

And if you look at some of the postings from the US, you will see that this is the case there as well. Also depends on how well that the nurse markets themselves, the experiences that they are bringing with them, etc. I have seen one nurse go to interview at ten different places and never get the final offer, and then another nurse walks in, their first interview, and they get the job offer. Same as when going for any other job.

License does not guarantee a job all over and in every place.

suzanne4, RN · May 10, 2007

Even in the US, where you see Diploma RNs, ADNs, and BSNs; the last degree does not guarantee them a job. All comes down to what they are bringing with them as well, and how well they will fit in with the other staff that is already there. And that is a very big part of it. There are facilities that I have worked in where hiring is strictly up to the HR people, and to the other extreme where the nurse is interviewed by the manager, and then several of the staff nurses there as well. And even if the manager likes the person, but the staff do not, then that person will not get the job.

There are mnay parts to the hiring process, it is not an instant thing.

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · May 10, 2007

So much for the BSN only rule "helping" nurses?