Where are all the nurses?

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So I read posts here which bemoan the fact that new grads can't get jobs. Where do they all live? I have 2 32 hour positions I have not been able to fill. My facility is only a year old....looks like a hotel. Our staffing is better than any other skilled facility around. I'm saying...the nurses do meds,treatments, and charting..that's it --for 20 residents days and evenings. I have one nurse for the unit on 11-7. Why do I keep reading about all these new grads who can't get hired and I can't find enough nurses to fill my shifts? My pay scale is as good, if not better, than the other facilities around. What do I need to do to attract some good nurses?:banghead:

Specializes in LTC since 1972, team leader, supervisor,.

Our facility also has a problem with staffing, however we do get new grads who actually stay. We are one of the sites they use on their clinicals which I think helps alot. They get to know the facility, staff, and how we do things. By being a clinical site, we have had many new grads. The other thing our facility has is a "grow your own" program. All staff get an educational reinbursment of $350 a year, they can take any classes they want. After they have been accepted into a nursing program, the facility pays for their tutition for the nursing program, however, they have to sign an aggreement they will work here for three years after they graduate. So far we have only had 1 quite after and she had to pay the county back. Now that does not count for nurses who are LPNs going to RNs, only CNAs to nurse. It has been a really good program for us.

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what part of the cape?

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Specializes in LTC, rehab, medical review.

Should be where are all the jobs? I live in MA and cannot find a job at all, and I have applied to many places :(

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