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This is only slightly related - I have to say that I am not that impressed with this class already. Just for the fact that they are asking us to watch a video (from 2003!) about the nursing shortage crisis, specifically how bad it is in California. I lived in California. I applied for jobs where there were 2,000 applicants for 3 positions. There is an un/under employment rate of 47% after 18 months in California, meaning 47% of the people that graduate from nursing school will not be working as a nurse after 18 months. I'm in a different area of the country now and it's not looking much better. I really wish people would stop perpetuating this idea that there is a nursing shortage and that nursing is so in demand. The number of for-profit schools that have popped up across the nation since 2005 is insane. They're graduating hundreds of students every 3 months. There are plenty of nurses. If there is a shortage it exists only because hospitals don't have the budget to hire/train new nurses. **Stepping off my soap box and getting back to this weeks DB**
momofseven
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Good luck to all of us!