Where are nursing jobs?

Karl Farmer · Jul 7, 2011

I was a 1/2 mile to the bridge to the beach, at least I could bike there everday, to Sanibel and Honeymoon Island. Not enough to keep me there. If you've been there, you surely saw the new castle HQ of those freaks??

joanna73, BSN, RN · Jul 7, 2011

I find it shocking how expensive your schools are and how low the pay is for nurses in the US. What is going on?? Canadian nurses make between 26 and 50 dollars per hour. Years ago, I remember nurses flocking to the US for great pay and bonuses. Now...terrible. Recession or not, they should not be allowed to get away with treating nurses so poorly. My CNAs make more than many US RNs and LPNs. How sad.

Karl Farmer · Jul 7, 2011

And on top of it all the nonsense politics and rigamarole it takes to get the license AFTER the school. Sadder yet.

pedicurn, LPN, RN · Jul 7, 2011

I find it shocking how expensive your schools are and how low the pay is for nurses in the US. What is going on?? Canadian nurses make between 26 and 50 dollars per hour. Years ago, I remember nurses flocking to the US for great pay and bonuses. Now...terrible. Recession or not, they should not be allowed to get away with treating nurses so poorly. My CNAs make more than many US RNs and LPNs. How sad.

Yes I've noticed too .... we make a lot more in Australia.

Am starting to feel really quite angry at the way the US nurses are being treated. Employers are taking advantage of the recession to cut staffing and pay. i hope this recession resolves soon for the US nurses :heartbeat

Karl Farmer · Jul 7, 2011

Good luck with the way Phillipino nurses are being shipped here by the 1000's, based on the 'alleged' nursing shortage here. And they are directly driving down wages.

hope3456, ASN, RN · Jul 7, 2011

Yes I've noticed too .... we make a lot more in Australia.
Am starting to feel really quite angry at the way the US nurses are being treated. Employers are taking advantage of the recession to cut staffing and pay. i hope this recession resolves soon for the US nurses :heartbeat

And we have these 'for profit' nursing schools that have popped up everywhere in the past couple years....costing like 25k-50k for an ADN degree. And the news media is still screaming 'nursing shortage.' I just don't want to see people victimized and misled while thinking they are going to be getting a 'stable and recession proof' job.

diva rn, BSN, RN · Jul 7, 2011

And we have these 'for profit' nursing schools that have popped up everywhere in the past couple years....costing like 25k-50k for an ADN degree. And the news media is still screaming 'nursing shortage.' I just don't want to see people victimized and misled while thinking they are going to be getting a 'stable and recession proof' job.

Exactly, I just wrote on a different thread about those sleazy little schools that have popped up like mushrooms all over--at least here where I live (So Fl)..they are still promoting the bogus nursing shortage and turning these poor souls out like lemmings who can not find jobs and are saddled with huge debt to boot.

This is making me crazy...when I hear the words nursing shortage I want to scream!

It's like fingernails on a blackboard to me anymore:mad: AACCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK

Conquering Lion · Jul 7, 2011

Here is a link to each state's unemplyment rate. There may or may not be a correlation between the states unemployment rate and available nursing jobs...especially for new graduates.

http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

Best of luck to all still looking for a job.

Karl Farmer · Jul 7, 2011

I see no correlation. If a state has 5 millions people, a certain amount will be sick and need health care whether they are employed or not. Probbaly more often in fact, if they are unemployed, due to depression and ailments caused by that.