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I am considering making a move to Texas or New Mexico in quest for RN ER or Tele jobs. Have any of you worked any of these facilities and could you tell me anything about them quality of care, progressive or not, opportunities for advancement and surrounding areas to live in? EastTexas Medical Center-Crockett Texas East Texas Medical Center-Trinity Texas Fort Duncan Medical Center -Eagle Pass Lea Regional Medical Center- HOBBS New Mexico Carlsbad Medical Center -Carlsbad New Mexico Eastern New Mexico Medical Center-Roswell New Mexico Thank-You so much for your assistance!!! :)

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Which States and Cities presently have the highest demand to fill Nursing Jobs? I am an experienced RN with allot of ER experience but no recent Hospital experience. Presently in RN Re Entry program in California. WhichStates and Cities presently have the highest demand to fill Nursing Jobs? Looking for either RN re entry Preceptorship or direct hire onto ED or Telemetry. Do wehave any recent state maps and demographics of Hospital hiring needs thatanyone is aware of??

@Just Beachy Nurse very insightful post thanks!

@ [COLOR=#003366]Nurse2b9742 I have already interviewed with Psych and Correctional facilities and am on the list. Which area are you referring to? Which state/city with "Tons of Nursing jobs?

@ Krisiepoo Discouraging? Negative attitude? Don't be so presumptive, not in the least! I am positive and motivated with an objective of getting back into an ER. or Tele unit or Med Surg. As a last resort considering enlarging my search area out of state but having a home and family limits that option. I have been advised by recruiters that Psych nursing and Correctional Nursing will not be acceptable as experience as per their criteria to get me into a hospital! I have already worked in the past as a Psych Charge Nurse

Mr. White San Diego Area is where I am looking as a Re entry Nurse 27 years exp. Parameters for hire are 1 year experience in your area of specialty within past 3 years plus BSN preferred in most jobs. And schools re still pumping out to many students and that is unethical and irresponsible

We are in a situation where there are too many Nurses available to work with not enough jobs out there! How can we reduce supply and increase demand? I believe that federal funding that became available during Nursing shortage in USA is contributing to a glut of Nursing programs out there. I feel it is irresponsible and unethical to sign students up for an intense 4 year nursing program when realistically job market is very dismal! All they are doing is flooding the job market with unhirable highly skilled Nurses who are gonna wind up working in SNF's or Correctional Nursing or Psych Nursing (places allot of us do not wanna be in) or other positions they do not want to get stuck in. Also the aforementioned Nursing positions do not meet the requirements of most Hospitals for hiring which is 1 year experience in your specialty within the past 3 years! That stipulation means In-Patient not home care, not psych, not Correctional nursing nor SNF. And for those of us with an ADN The long talked of minimum requirement of BSN is finally here with most Nursing job posts stating either BSN preferred or BSN only. To further the worsening job outlook for the ADN prepared RN "Magnet certified Hospitals" cannot have in their employ more than 20% ADN Nurses!!! I would like to see Nursing Associations in America get together and set a realistic balance between the number of Nurses needed to fill jobs and the number of students graduating. Set some type of cap on how many nurses are being graduated to have some sort of realistic balance. If nothing is done about this over production of RN's we are doomed to have a situation similar to that in Philippines where Nurses have to pay to volunteer in hospitals just to get experience!

Has anyone worked in the Adventist hospital system? Are you forced to participate in prayer as a Nurse? Do they have a prayer at all staff meetings? By applications look appears like it is mandatory? Will they hire you if you don't pray? I saw the following on a job application for that system. 1. Some of our employees choose to have prayer with patients or other employees. This is a practice that is supported by Adventist Health. How do you feel about employee shaving prayer with patients and fellow employees?* X 2. Many meetings begin with a spiritual thought or prayer. How do you feel about attending meetings where that would occur?*