I'm a prospective nursing student, hoping to be admitted to a program this year! I always got the impression that there was a high demand for nurses all over Canada with vacant positions and an abundance of job selection. In my province, many foreign nurses have been brought in to alleviate nursing shortages in rural areas, at least in rural communities.
As I've spent more time on AllNurses, I've been reading some posts about nurses having trouble getting jobs and that the demand for nurses may not be so high anymore (The NEED for nurses may still be there, but due to budget restraints, the jobs aren't available).
How accurate is that, and what are the overall job prospects for new nurses throughout Canada? I thought I was going into a career that would give me more job stability than my previous degree, but now I'm worried that I may struggle just as much with getting a nursing job if I do get a nursing degree.
Based on all of this, I'm fairly certain that I'm going back to school for a Masters. I can eventually teach or find a research job. Burning out is just not worth it. We all need some quality of life.
Specializes in AC, LTC, Community, Northern Nursing.
I am just trying to make it through to get my bachelors.. I keep looking at what my credits are transferable over for but other than nursing I can't figure out what I would do.
It's unfortunate because many of us enjoy the work. I don't mind bedside care at all, and I'd much rather toilet than sift through papers. However, when politicians continue to mess with the system and cut to bare bones, nurses are going to start looking for other options. I'm not sure what the answer is.
joanna73, BSN, RN
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Based on all of this, I'm fairly certain that I'm going back to school for a Masters. I can eventually teach or find a research job. Burning out is just not worth it. We all need some quality of life.