The nursing surplus and "timing it"......

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I think most on this board will agree there is a surplus of inexperienced, new grads. Obviously this is all speculation, but what does everyone think of "timing" a jump into nursing school. I'm considering entrance in Spring 2012 and finishing Summer 2013. I hoping the next 2-3 years will give me more cushion for the baby boomers to begin trickling into retirement and the economic upturn. All the data indicates there WILL be a shortage, it's just a matter of getting in at the right moment.

Thoughts?

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If you can time the economic upturn, get the hell out of nursing and start investing like a mad person. I did what you were thinking two years ago thinking oh things are gonna be better by then....yeah not so much.

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If you can time the economic upturn, get the hell out of nursing and start investing like a mad person. I did what you were thinking two years ago thinking oh things are gonna be better by then....yeah not so much.

maybe i'll do both haha? I mean there are something like 70 million 50-65 year olds. They WILL retire and they WILL get sick, it's all about the right place at the right time. (I'm not hoping for people to end up in hospitals but it's inevitable)

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People have been writing about the lack of jobs and the glut of new nurses due to the economy on this forum since 2004 (and I am sure it goes back later than that, but that the oldest I've seen). Do what you are going to do, just be better than they other guys.

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