Would you consider me?

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Getting frustrated on my job search. Associates degree RN, 5 years critical care, 6 months management. Can barely find a job.

SO I applied in the system I used to work in at a different hospital as an Infusions RN. I met and exceeded these requirements: RN with 1 year hospital exp preferred and BLS.

So would you at least call me back?

I bet someone else from inside the hospital gets the job.

I am saddened to hear so many stories about unemployed nursing graduates. The hospitals and nursing schools need to collaborate and work together to resolve this issue soon. I laugh to myself when I read that the nursing profession wants every RN to have at least a Bachelor's degree and encourages nurses to advance their degrees. It's obvious who has a hidden agenda. The idea of going deeper and deeper in debt does not appeal to me. Been there. Done that. Still have loans from nursing school and an advanced degree to pay off. I am living below povery level right now. This dream has become a living nightmare. Even Master's degree prepared nurses are experiencing the same difficulties finding employment across the country.

I really wish the nursing school and colleges would be honest with students PRIOR to enrolling in nursing school about the job outlook. I think that they should require ALL nursing students (LPN, RN, MSN, PHD) sign something like an informed consent before surgery. It would state someone FULLY understands the financial risks completing a nursing degree in the current economic situation. If someone with a deep yearning passion to become a nurse who has resources to help them survive after graduation, then proceed with caution. Otherwise, the students that have families to support or other major financial obligations will have the opportunity to change their major before embarking on a degree that could lead to financial difficulties upon completion. At least, their eyes would be wide open before entering this profession.

Personally I know several new graduates that are really struggling right now. A couple have requested public assistance to survive or have to ask family to help them with their bills. Is this the "dream" many graduates worked so hard for 2-4-6 years? Hundreds of nursing graduates could have save themselves the money and stress of going to nursing school and attend a trade school instead.

It really angers me to see the nursing schools allowing this to happen. I am certain they are aware of the poor job outlook. Are they located in a vacuum? All universities and colleges have access to media like the internet and TV. Graduates may call professors asking for a recommendation for the 100th job they've applied for with no success. I am certain the nursing schools heard about the poor economy in the US.

Has the entire nursing profession really become so calloused that we are allowing thousands of students to graduate, only to be given a weak handshake and worthless diploma at their graduation? Nursing school is stressful and hard. People have sacrificed so much of themselves to become nurses. Their families suffer too. Many students have children to support. They believed the dream that nursing was job security. Meanwhile, the college and universities are collecting millions of dollars from these students and drove off in their BMW or Lexus laughing all the way to the bank.

With good conscience, I implore that nursing schools tell people the truth about the job outlook. How can they teach nursing ethics to students and then allow this to happen? It is a very serious and tragic situation. Why does the nursing schools keep cranking out hundreds of new grads across the country with few jobs available?

I feel like a horse before an earthquake....This situation reminds me of the recent mortage industry collapse. Thousands of people were given mortage loans and experienced difficulty making payments. I am certain these unemployed new grads are experiencing the same problems with their student loans.

I really do not know what is happening in this country with our values and morals. It seems to me many industries are driven by greed in this country. I like to believe that the nursing profession still has values like integrity, honesty, and compassion. From what I am seeing, these values appear to be eroding.

When is nursing going to realize that having a dozen initials and titles behind your name does NOT define a profession like medicine or psychology. A true profession demonstrates that they care more about human lives than the pursuit of money. If Florence Nightingale was alive, she would ashamed of the nursing profession. I am.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Unfortunately, this problem is not unique to nursing. But on the bright side a person should still be able to get a job if they are willing to relocate. Check out the nursing magazines as they usually feature hospitals with job openings trying to recruit RN's.

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Another reason one should reconsider the investments and costs of pursuing a nursing degree:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/business/cuts-in-health-care-may-undermine-role-in-labor-market.html

Nursing schools across the country should stop telling potential students lies about an imaginary "nursing shortage" or "thousands of job offers" that do not exist. They are trying to convince naive students of their own fixed delusions.

I'm going to apply at Bennigans for a waitress job with my prestigous MSN degree this afternoon. I have creditors hounding me 24/7. It is even hard to get a job as new MSN graduate with no experience in this tough economy. My advice to anyone that is considering a nursing career right now: Don't drink the kool-aid.

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I really do not know what is happening in this country with our values and morals. It seems to me many industries are driven by greed in this country. I like to believe that the nursing profession still has values like integrity, honesty, and compassion. From what I am seeing, these values appear to be eroding.

I agree with your assessments. I don't mean to sound unpatriotic but people erroneously believe that if you fix the economy, then the country will back to normal again. It's the culture that we must fix. Look at poor parenting, hate and bullying, corruption, media feeding us garbage, poor education,etc.) We can provide this country 15 billion of dollars, but if the government has no sense of what's right vs. wrong, they will corruptly take the 15 billion, squander it... and the country will be broke again.

The nursing culture has been tough for many years now. Nurses eat their youngs, and I don't understand why they have to be mean. They say they chose nursing to help people, but they don't want to help their fellow newbies.

Filipino students were told to stay back from the nursing profession because the jobs in their country as well as overseas are becoming saturated. If America is hiring less foreign nurses who are willing to work for lesser wages, then you can imagine why the American nurses are having difficulty finding jobs.

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Family and friends looked shocked when they hear that graduate nurses and even some experienced nurses are having trouble finding a job in this area. They say things like "Oh, but I heard the job outlook in nursing was excellent for the next ten years" or they talk about the non-existent nursing shortage. Apparently, the American public has been brainwashed as well.

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Specializes in SICU.

Maybe you could accept the acute rehab position and work from inside the system to get your dream job.

In this economy, take what you can get and go from there....

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