Would you consider me?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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....