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for free? just on your nice days when you are willing right? thinking about clinicals.

sorry i read that wrong, but he really is not the point at all, not by a longshot was he my point. sorry for the mistake, i thought he wanted to bring in foriegn nurses to help with the "shortage"

atheos you are right on the money babe. i did get my cna certification last month. the only jobs available are for ones who have 1-2 years plus experience in my area. it's a long story, but i didn't get the job i interviewed for.everything you said about getting your foot in the door and maintaining your grades, everything helps you know? and that article might not have been the greatest example, i was just trying to bring this issue into light in the students forum so we all can learn and know the current situation that is going on.i wanted to hear what other students, like myself, say on the situation. if you search" nursing shortage over" on google, there are about a dozen or more articles about this.

commute, find me a current article then. i want to know all about this. i didn't make this thread for negativity guys. come on.

sorry i read that wrong, but he really is not the point at all, not by a longshot was he my point. sorry for the mistake, i thought he wanted to bring in foriegn nurses to help with the "shortage"

i forgot some things lol :)! have you been following the stories of the nursing shortage reportedly coming to an end, lack of jobs all across america for rns b/c the hospitals' having to budget for the economy, and the stories reported that the media has been proclaiming a "nursing shortage" whereas 8 out of 10 new grads are saying cannot find a job anywhere? if you have, what do you think about all this as students. i myself am a student and am wondering what other students think about it. do you just ignore it or hope for the best or what?:redbeathe:redpinkhe:redbeathe

http://asianjournal.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/nursing-shortage-may-be-over-within-10-years-report/ some insight on obama's foriegn nurse idea. what is he thinking? there are so many of us students working our butts off in school to graduate...........but we might not have a job to go to b/c of foriegn nurses, hospital's hiring freezes across the country,etc. as a student, i don't know what to think and just hope it will be better by the time i graduate. what do you all think about the situation?:heartbeat:redpinkhe:heartbeat

i agree w/ you nvplates05, the bad news is everywhere.i hope ppl goin to start in the fall understand what they're getting into, and if for the right reasons, b/c the money and recession-proof jobs are going poof!.i hope and wish for the best also.i'ver read all those news articles in the past couple of days. people are right on the money, shortage is over for now, and won't come back until the recession/depression lets up alot!!!!!!!!:heartbeat:redpinkhe:heartbeat

vent?jobs they want? what are you reading? ppl have said they put 15-20 applications in around thier area as new grads in all sorts of specialties. everyone's in a different area with a different background of experience, graduating from a dif program i guess.where are you from, i would like to know, it would be interesting to know what areas aren't having a problem and its wonderful to hear that your area isn't having the same problem that has been beaten into the ground on allnurses(i agree w/ that). what number is trickles to you?in my area we have about 2-5 hundred or so grads a year from major universities in our area. if you have the time, would you respond i and im sure others would like to know thanks!:)

sorry riern, but thats the way i feel and i am standing up for my opinion and thank you for yours. Yeah, i'm sure im wrong about the replacements being made, im sure thats not everywhere, and im sorry for putting experienced nurses down in that way. Experienced nurses are my teachers at school and i love them so much. teensmom, like i said do the best you can with what you've got, and my post #1 i stick by, piern, that's my area as of now and that's what i know and i was trying to give another new grad hope and inspiration that it might happen in hers.I apologize once again for making the idea of letting go the experienced for the replacement of new grads a point.It is offensive to you and i realize that.now:heartbeat

That's okay teens mom, i have something to brighten your day. I will be a new grad soon enough. All this talk lately about job unemployment even hitting nurses now, in a year or 2, those hateful, snooty, experienced nurses will probably be replaced with a little less experienced and new grads who are willing to do the job for less. see, in the economy now, hospitals are in finiacial turmoils too, and if they can get less experienced, or new grad nurses, they will. Hopefully we will be able to do just as good a job as them with time. Think of that next time. Also, i try to do the best I can with the best knowledge i have, with the little time that I have. Make the best of everyday. Seems to me you just need to focus all your enrgy on time management, maybe get one of those little notebooks,and, hell..smile, that witch may not be there that longer and maybe she will, but she cant put you down as long as you know you have and are doing your best. Good Luck!

we have a major hospital in our county and they do not have CNAs in the ER department, just RNs, medical technicians, and of course, doctors, probably some other ppl too but no CNAs:rolleyes:

i went into nursing school thinking er, but now im leaning to oncology:redbeathe. i have no interest working on peds. i'm glad to hear other ppl saying "just wherever i can get a job" b/c that sounds like my area too. i have this awful feeling that i try not to think about that the nursing shortage era is coming to an end. wonderful news to the american public, bad news for new grads

In VA in a MAJOR hospital starting pay is 8 something for a CNA WITH experience, on a unit where they say an aide has 11-13 patients a shift. My A double s:chuckle

sorry, worded that last post too quickly, sorry it wasnt meant rude bc im a student too and it just angers me about what ppl are saying about our future careers. and for the statistics, put all RN students in the area now in an auditorium room and then look at job openings whether it be by word of mouth or any other source, it sucks. Ppl just dont want to hear the awful truth and lets hope Obama makes his change for America:redbeathe:heartbeat:redbeathe

im a atudent and yes it sucks, and no it wasnt rude b/c im in that boat

Ive never been to Richmond, but i have been past it, and it looks like a well-populated area. That's what makes it so sad. We just have to have faith that God will steer the nurses with the real hearts in thier professions in the right way to where we want to flourish our care, because let me tell ya, all the ladies going into nursing b/c they've heard by word of mouth its a well-paying, stable job in this economy are about to have a SERIOUS wake-up call here in the next few years. And that's just all there is to it, no matter what excuses they can combine b/c in the end, it's not going to be about the money, or the glittery travel opportunities( be a flght attendant for heaven's sake, don't put Pt's lives and emotions at risk b/c you want to lay on a beach) it's going to be about a real, TRUE nurse's heart to want to do this. Im sure there are nursing shortages in America. Not here and for anyone reading this, years of experience is what makes you special in a job pool, not A's, or the fact that you were President of some club in nursing school, hell, references ain't nothing anymore!Think about it:redbeathe

:cry:Hello there, just wanted to post info and maybe get some common feedback about the lack of all nursing positions(CNA, LPN, and RN) in the heart of VA. I've found that although there are new job postings in the newspaper and on the internet, myself and others are applying their tails off for weeks and no interviews whatsoever, not so much as a simple "Thank you for applying" e-mail.With about 5 local colleges in the area, new grads are finding it hard to ease into local positions. I'm guessing about 600 new RN grads a year, and about 100 LPN grads and maybe 50-75 CNAs a year, where do they all go? What if a new grad doesn't want to re-locate out of Lynchburg? Should they rethink a career path in nursing for it? I know some highschool grads have. The area is so well-saturated, i've heard it has brought a local RN's pay down, because there is no demand. Its a sticky situation that needs to be brought out of gossip and into the public.

hooray! i found out today i passed my cna boards. i'm really looking forward to job hunting over spring break, and scrub shopping!

There's not a day that goes by when a family member doesn't ask you a healthor medical question, like you know everrything already

I received my nursing drug handbook in the mail today from amazon.com and its in really good shape for $10 (and that includes the shipping!). Just make sure that you shop online ASAP when you find out your book list b/c the 50 cent and 98 cent books go quick!

that's freakin hilarious!

Lordy indiangurl im in the same boat w/ you. I have my first finals the tuesday after next too! I'm hoping our professors will give us some much needy info about what's impt and what not:up:

Christmas,family, cleaning car inside and out, Christmas, Working for extra money in place of classes and clinicals and studying time, even more famliy time, getting head start on Pharm and Med-Surg, Christmas shopping deals.

I could swear up and down they have done away with their ASN program after the accepted applicants entered earlier this fall.I think i saw it on their website. I dont know about their LPN program, i didn't even know they had one.