Published
So yesterday morning, I was looking thru the newspaper and here is this large, full color ad from a hospital in a town about 3 hours away advertising for OB RN's. $5k sign on bonus. Will even train "the right" new grad.
Granted, before I became a nurse these ads made me feel so good about myself that I was entering such an "in demand" profession.
Having been a RN for 9 years now, I immediately thought "they appear desperate. I wonder how bad the working conditions are. Maybe there was a mass exodus of staff."
It must have cost hundreds of dollars to run that ad and seriously, do RN's even look for jobs in newspapers any more?
And this is a small town located near a mine and oil field. They have a large child bearing population, meaning you are going to be worked to death if they are already so short staffed that they have to run such ads in local newspapers in neighboring towns.
And last but not least, this area is known for having a serious housing shortage - especially rentals. Many people are living in camp trailers. Which I wouldn't mind but this little town has extreme weather and high wind velocity.
Just had to laugh to myself. Good luck to this facility on finding themselves some OB nurses.