the job market can only go up from here.

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Specializes in Pediactric.

man, california.

Currently I am an BSN student, graduating at the end of 2016. I've spend countless hours doing research on what the job market is and what it will be ( for new grads ). I've read articles about the ACA, baby boomers, shortage of instructors, how the job market was in the 90's and how it has changed. EVERY and ANYTHING I've heard people complain about on allnurses.com; I've researched that topic. Therefore, being informed, I can sincerely say, the job market can only go up from here. Promise.

Overnight..no. Few years. yes.

Keep your head up, and network. And anyways... despite the job search being terrible, what other career is STILL as easy as it is with nursing to get a job. It took me .. lets see... a YEAR to find an LVN job. My friends who graduated in psychology, business, kinesiology.. they are working at footlocker, department of water and power, and pizza hut. :(

Either way, If it's your passion with anything you do, don't give up.

that is all :)

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

In many ways, I think you're right. Eventually the job market will turn around. How long that'll take isn't exactly known though. Eventually there will be a significant need for nurses, all because of the boomer bulge rising toward retirement and increased medical needs. Here's going to be the problem... eventually that bulge will deflate. As it deflates, there will be (once again) a decreased demand for people in the medical/health field. If "we" as a comprehensive field are smart, we'd modulate the people graduating from schools to match the projected demand... realistically projected demand. At least then there'd be an attempt to minimize the boom/bust cycle that we've seen for a very long time now.

So, no, I'm not giving up. Far from it. I'm actually counting on the fact that it's coming and I intend to catch the wave when if finally arrives but I think it'll sneak up on most...

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Specializes in Pediactric.
In many ways, I think you're right. Eventually the job market will turn around. How long that'll take isn't exactly known though. Eventually there will be a significant need for nurses, all because of the boomer bulge rising toward retirement and increased medical needs. Here's going to be the problem... eventually that bulge will deflate. As it deflates, there will be (once again) a decreased demand for people in the medical/health field. If "we" as a comprehensive field are smart, we'd modulate the people graduating from schools to match the projected demand... realistically projected demand. At least then there'd be an attempt to minimize the boom/bust cycle that we've seen for a very long time now.

So, no, I'm not giving up. Far from it. I'm actually counting on the fact that it's coming and I intend to catch the wave when if finally arrives but I think it'll sneak up on most...

I agree. At the same time, look at it this way... this inflation of necessary care will last another 20 years. People live longer due to medicine and people being more educated on how to care for your body. By this time, either we will become retired ourselves, or we will by then have furthered our education. And generations younger than I (23), COULD go through the same difficulties... But, like everyone says, it's who you know.

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Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.

Nursing schools need to be more competitive in their selection process. When I first started my ADN program, I had a 3.8 gpa and barely made the cut. Now we have non-competitive schools admitting everyone with a pulse and a checkbook. I recently completed my RN-BSN and will be starting the MSN program in Summer 2014 if all goes as planned.

There are too many nurses being churned out by the for-profit schools. There will be a relative glut of nurses for the next few years as the job market treads water during the recovery. Experienced nurses with long-term jobs will not realize that there is a recovery until the recovery is almost over. New nurses who are $50,000.00 in private loan debt (as opposed to Stafford/Perkins) and are desperate for a job will experience the recovery as they will take jobs at lower pay due to their situation

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I agree that the demand is only going to go up (especially with Obamacare), I also have friends in other medical fields, Pharmacy and Optometry, and most of those recent grads were hit pretty hard looking for new jobs in the last couple years. I guess the point is to realize that it's not only Nursing. Luckily, Nursing school cost is about half of those other professions, so not as much pressure to pay back loans. That's just my 2 cents!

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