where are the nursing shortages?

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I am hearing that there are shortages in some areas while some are cutting back jobs.

Can anyone tell me for sure where thet know there are nursing shortages in the U.S or Canada.

Thanks

Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU~CCRN,CNRN.

no shortage here in florida....fort myers especially. There's a hiring freeze and I haven't worked in 13 days....! I work seasonal prn for ICU and PCU and we're starvin' down here...

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13 days?!!! u must be starving! i got an invitation to work in Los Angeles and I took it. I'm now preparing for a 17-week assignment in...ta-daa!!! Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Yuhp! That's where movie stars have their babies, man. With that in my resume, I shouldn't have any problem getting any job anywhere. Call 1-877-7CA-JUNO and ask them if they can hook you up as well.

Good luck!

Dunebug

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oh there's a shortage all over America!

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No shortage in northern MN. Don't come here. No jobs and we graduate 60 LPNs and 30 RNs every year...for a town of less than 10,000. In fact, the whole state is frigid for nurses....MN...a good state to be a nurse ...but the question is...Can you get in?????probably not! Nevada...go there...but plan to retire early from the stress placed upon you as a nurse....then retire to MN....it's cold, but it's the reward for all!

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Totally agree!!

There are nurses out there but they don't work in nursing! I know four nurses who don't even practice! They are in a total different field. I know two more nurses going back to school to change professions. All because they want to get out of nursing.

The pay must be more, and the bennies, retirement, and incentives must be better.

Until then, the ICU's will always be short staffed. The floor nurses way over worked. And the patients to suffer.

:crying2:

Amen
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Washington DC area, the ICU at the hospital where I work is short 40% of their nursing staff quota....

which hospital is that ?

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Las Vegas has huge shortages in all medical fields.

The entire state is short.

Also, there are teaching opportunites at the nursing schools. My school is considering BSNs that are working on their MSNs. That's how short they are.

dont they have any way to fill

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I was just wondering how much profits do hospitals make? is it really that much? and could the hardships low pay and over working of nurses have anything to do with the fact that it is mostly woman that are attracted to nursing? I know there are some men nurses but my experiences shows it is woman dominated.

I mean it used to be a honorable thing to be a secretary back in the hey day before woman started to take over that area when they started to work outside the homes and thus the prestige fell and so did the pay.

if men dominated the nursing field do you think that pay would be better, less overworking and less blame on the men nurses for problems even tho the administrators are actaully at fault for overworking nurses and the long working hours and poor support for them?

I was thinking considering that adminstrator postions, in hospitals, in politics and in corporate america men dominate, could this have something to do with it since men generally have more in common with men then woman and will favor mere images of themselves then woman even tho a woman gave birth to them and raised them?

and do the men nurses tend to make more money that you know of for performing that exact same work as some of the woman nurses?

just curious.

RR

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Right across your border, in upstate NY.

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Specializes in SRNA.

I don't know if men entering the field will in itself increase the pay. Here are some disturbing things I have observed in my short time in nursing:

1. Some nurses actually say that you should get out of nursing if you want to be paid well.

2. Some nurses seem to think that hospital profits or how the hospital is "doing" is somehow tied to salary.

3. Some nurses have think that unions are evil.

4. Some nurses feel that they are well compensated.

You get the idea. My feeling is that nursing is obviously essential and that nurses underpaid. These ideas I outlined didn't exist in my experience the business world. Let the CEOs and the sales people worry about profits and all that. I wasn't hired to run the business. I was hired because I'm necessary to the business. Can't run a hospital without nurses.

Pay me $500 an hour and I will still say I'm underpaid. Why? Because if I don't then there is no negotiation and eventually I will be underpaid as inflation catches up to me and cost of living increases. It's business. My business is nursing. Let's not confuse the reasons we work in health care with the business world. Let's save our compassion for our patients, not our board of directors. To them, it's all business. We should treat them as equals and do the same.

I hope that made sense, I worked a 12 last night and it's 10pm. I need to go to bed!

-S

I was just wondering how much profits do hospitals make? is it really that much? and could the hardships low pay and over working of nurses have anything to do with the fact that it is mostly woman that are attracted to nursing? I know there are some men nurses but my experiences shows it is woman dominated.

I mean it used to be a honorable thing to be a secretary back in the hey day before woman started to take over that area when they started to work outside the homes and thus the prestige fell and so did the pay.

if men dominated the nursing field do you think that pay would be better, less overworking and less blame on the men nurses for problems even tho the administrators are actaully at fault for overworking nurses and the long working hours and poor support for them?

I was thinking considering that adminstrator postions, in hospitals, in politics and in corporate america men dominate, could this have something to do with it since men generally have more in common with men then woman and will favor mere images of themselves then woman even tho a woman gave birth to them and raised them?

and do the men nurses tend to make more money that you know of for performing that exact same work as some of the woman nurses?

just curious.

RR

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any country u go

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In the hospital in san diego where I work in, there is an immense nursing shortage. I applied for a job online, and the next business day, 3 recruiters all from the same healthcare team (just different branches) called me and told me they will forward my name to nursing managers, and true enough, I got a call that day and another one the next day and so on, all asking for an interview the next day. It was tough choosing one since they all needed additional staff. They even give out bonuses for their employees who are able to refer an RN to their hospital.

If you are applying, especially choose a position where you are really qualified, and that you have preferred qualifications to increase your chances of getting hired. I got hired a week after I started applying.

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