Is their really a big demand for nurses?

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I attended the Houston Chronicle Job Fair for nurses and found out that hospitals had to turn away entry-level nurses. The better hospitals could pick the top ranking students to fill in the entry-level jobs. Texas Childrens Hospital picked only 18 out of 200 applicants for the year 2005. I think that you can find a job as nurse but no longer expect the big signing on bonuses and the job to fall in your lap, similiar to a few years ago. I only wanted to give people a heads up before they knew what they were getting into.

If you don't believe me, go to a few nursing job fairs. But then again, that might change in a few years when the baby boomers get older.

The demand might be in California, I recently heard that it is no longer for the East Coast. Good luck to everyone.

Well here's my theory:

If all the nurses from New Orleand, Louisiana, Missisipi, Alabama etc have taken jobs in Houston and staturated the local job market for R.N's, then so have the general population from those areas.

In fact because of Houston's growth due to the "displaced" population along with immigration and "organic" growth, Houston is soon expected to overtake Chicago as the 3rd largest city in USA.

So if there are more nurses but also more ppl, and I feel the saturation is shot term. In the long term Houston's growth will require more hospital beds and therefore more nurses.

Plus remember the Nursing schools in the hurricane affected areas have shut down

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that's really strange, bc i live in the area and have never ever heard of any new grads having a hard time finding a job.

it may be on med surg, but they get jobs ..

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Does that hold true for all of Texas because I wanted to move to either Houston or Dallas. That post kind of made up my mind for me. Now I am going to Dallas. I've noticed that there are more openings at the hospitals in Dallas and even my recruiter told me that Dallas and San Antonio were dying for RN's right now.

I am just trying to relocate at this point and I dont want to move into an area where there are very little jobs and set myself up to fail.

I am an LVN new grad in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with only a temporary Texas license and got a job after only 1 day of job-seeking. Since you're an RN, you should be able to rapidly find a job in Dallas and the surrounding cities.
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Thank you so much. That sounds really encouraging to me. Some of the nurses in this forum have been really helpful answering my questions on the board and through PMs. I look forward to moving in July and I am trying to remain very optimistic.

Thanks again

I am an LVN new grad in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with only a temporary Texas license and got a job after only 1 day of job-seeking. Since you're an RN, you should be able to rapidly find a job in Dallas and the surrounding cities.
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Does that hold true for all of Texas because I wanted to move to either Houston or Dallas. That post kind of made up my mind for me. Now I am going to Dallas. I've noticed that there are more openings at the hospitals in Dallas and even my recruiter told me that Dallas and San Antonio were dying for RN's right now.

I am just trying to relocate at this point and I dont want to move into an area where there are very little jobs and set myself up to fail.

My nephew is an RN in Dallas and has never been out of work. Right now he is working for agency and has a contract working in Longview, Texas right now until June, which means he's staying with us since we live 15 miles away. He was working 2 full time jobs last year i believe, so there definately is work there. Shouldn't be too hard to find either.

Good luck to you where ever you may go.

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ok..lets just pretend that I'm NOT the only one on here that doesn't know this.....but......what is the accelerated BSN program? whats the difference between it and the other BSN......lke I said...LET'S PRETEND that I'm NOT the only one on here that doesn't know this...k? lol:chuckle :chuckle

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Since I know you aren't the only one wondering this, an Accelerated BSN program takes the standard two year BSN program and compresses is down to a full-time 12-18 months (depending on the school). The caveat is that you already have to have a Bachelor's Degree (I have a BA in History), but need no prior health care/nursing experience. You do all the pre-req's like A&P, Micro, Psych, etc.. prior to starting the program. I'm currently enrolled in an accelerated BSN program in Florida (Florida Atlantic Univ), but live permanently in Austin, and will be returning in May. Needless to say, I'm a little concerned about the availability of jobs in Austin for new grads, especially being so far out of the loop here in Florida. I sent apps to Seton and St. David's a week ago, without any replies as of yet.

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Here in the Ft. Lauderdale area, and I believe, south fl. in general, there is a high demand for nurses. I have never heard of any RN, and for the most part LPN, having any difficulty finding work. New grads welcome most places, after all they dont have to pay them as much. There is a high population of elderly here and that fuels the medical job market. Thats here, but lets face it the nation is aging, which i predict, despite the ebb and flow, will keep the job market for nurses very open with many opportunities. The flexibility is the best part of it, and i dont expect that to change too dramatically in the future.

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