Where is the shortage??

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I have been crawling around through the forums for a while now even before I opened up my account and every now and then someone will mention something about a " nursing shortage". I would very much like to know where this is happening specifically what state. There are also "reports" that I hear about stating that certain parts of the country are in dire need of adequate staffing, I would very much appreciate if you could send me a link to these "reports" so I can read for my self where the data is coming from.

As far as I know out here in California we have a nursing excess of RN new grads being produced every year from multiple CSU and CC. I have talked to a few new grads and they tell me this "shortage" doesn't exist. I was told they had applied to hospitals, LTC, and SNF. The only ones I know that got jobs after getting their RN license are the ones who got into their hospital system before they got into the program. CHW up north is Unionized so they got a job working as an operator making announcements, not much on pay but got them into the system. 2 years later they graduated RN and got a job almost immediately because they had access to all the internal position openings. From my understanding they also had two years of time in service at the hospital which gave them seniority, one of those union clauses from what i was told.

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Not in northern New Jersey-NYC-Long Island-Conneticut-Westchester area. I read an article that my area is the hardest place in the country to get any sort of job not just nursing. http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/03/17/10-worst-cities-for-finding-a-job/

However this is one of the reasons I went to LPN school instead of RN school. There are plenty of demands for LPN's here and all over the country due to many reasons (LTC, salary, less LPN programs than RN programs ect) everyone from my class got jobs within weeks of passing the NCLEX. ASN's who went to my school still cannot find jobs and are in limbo because hospitals here are only hiring BSN.

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There is no nursing shortage obviously. I heard from a seminar that the average age of a nurse in the USA is 50 years old. So there you go folks.....12 to 15 years down the line, there just might be another "nursing shortage".

The only problem is that many of those 50 year old nurses may work another 20+ years due to spouse losing job (or being single/divorced/widowed)or retired and the need for income and health insurance.

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Unless you have lived there (North Dakota), I wouldn't discredit it. Beautiful place to live with exceptionally hardworking,well-educated, kind people with one of the lowest unemployment (and crime) rates in the country :)

I better go shopping for some new fur coats for their winters!!

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Unless you have lived there (North Dakota), I wouldn't discredit it. Beautiful place to live with exceptionally hardworking,well-educated, kind people with one of the lowest unemployment (and crime) rates in the country :)

Yep, there are nursing jobs there too throughout the state.

Look on job search engines-on many they state "new grads encouraged to apply"

http://northdakota.nursingjobs.us/

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I better go shopping for some new fur coats for their winters!!

North Face will work just fine-no need for fur, unless you want to!

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Not Texas.

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Not in LA..

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It's pretty competitive to find a job in TEXAS! It took one of my friend's almost a year to find a job, whereas another friend found one before she even graduated. But I've heard from several people finding a job is tough and they look to see if you have experience.

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keep it coming guys, so far the only location with opening is North Dakota.

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Upstate NY has openings (Albany, rural areas, Rochester, Syracuse ect).

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Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.

It seems most places with openings are in areas that are freezing cold. Makes sense though, the states with year round sunshine or closer to the coast of the U.S have more people wanting to live in those areas. Whereas places in the middle of the country and snows would be lower on the list of most desirable places to live. Thanks for the input guys.

The reason I wanted to find out where openings were more abundant was to figure out if there was a common link between the areas that are employing people. Might have to leave the state one day in order to find my gig and get that acute care experience.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Arizona actually has some openings for new grads on a regular basis if you want broiling hot instead of freezing cold.

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