new rn

[rak85]

hi everybody, am a new RN,had my education from india now looking for jobs .I heard that once u start your carreer in some LTC facility its rather difficult to get hired in hospitals,is that true,since i dont have any experience its very difficult to get into a hospital.Any advice..... how much do they pay in LTC ,philadelphia area. Thanks

[shubh]

hey raks,

I know its been 2 years to this thread.But still I am looking for help.

I am from India want to work as RN in Philadelphia.Can you please suggest where should i start my job as RN?

Thanks

[chuckster, ADN, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

The current economic climate in the Phila area is pretty tough for nurses. Here's something from a posting elsewhere on this site.

From the article "Abundant Opportunities":

In May of 2009, the BLS reported 42,820 registered nurses were employed in the Philadelphia area with an hourly mean wage of $34.34 and an annual mean wage of $71,430.

The author positioned these statistics directly after a paragraph that detailed overall wage growth in the counties surrounding Philadelphia (but omitted the city itself, probably because there was no growth to speak of). The implication is that nursing jobs and wages in the Philadelphia area are also seeing robust growth. This unfortunately is not the case and the author does readers a disservice by not providing more data. Looking at the same BLS numbers for 2008, we see that there were 42,740 RN's in the region with mean wages of $68,280. While this indeed represents growth, at a total increase of 80 jobs or under .2%, even the word "anemic" is inadequate. There are 32 programs (diploma, ADN & BSN) turning out several thousand new RN's (I'm working on trying to get the actual number) each year here in the Philadelphia area - all competing in a job market that's growing at .2% per year. Small wonder that new grads (myself included) are finding it difficult to get a nursing postion. What's even worse is that the 2009 number of 42,820 RN's represents a very significant overall decrease in the number of employed nurses in the region over the very recent past. The BLS data show that as recently as 2005, there were 56,670 RN's employed in the Philadelphia area - a decrease of nearly 14,000 jobs reprsenting an almost 25% decline over only 4 years.

While the main thrust of the article is the "abundant opportunities" in and around Philly for nurses with advanced training and degrees, a significant part is devoted to portraying the Phila area nursing job market as healthy and growing. This in turn entices more students to the area's 32 nursing programs and virtually ensures an oversupply of RN's in the immediate future. I truly feel sorry for those who will spend a great deal of time and effort getting their nursing degrees and passing the NCLEX, incurring some very signficant debt in the process only to find at the end, the job market is nothing like the rosy potrayals in articles like this one.

[shubh]

Thanks Chuckster for providing me the information.