New survey: Nursing shortage 'a myth'

[117orion]

There are several things that have to be factored in to this equasion people.
One thing I have noticed is = The older, "experienced" Nurses (in my town) that are at or near retirment age are pulling the ultimate slam on new grads.
They "RETIRE" only to return to work the very next day (on perdium) at the same job, in the same department, same position, same everything.
Only "NOW" they are retired, their "BASE" income is secure and can't be threatened if they mess up royaly resulting in terminatiion, some are even drawing social security.
NOT ONLY does this take a job away from a new grad, it adds to the rise in healthcare costs.
Who could blame the retirees though???? with a chance to almost double your take home pay????
We do have a serious problem.
What to do about it is a mystery.
I know several Grads who were never able to find work and left the profession without ever even cashing one paycheck.
They do however still have the student loans to pay back.
Sad, but true. SIGH..........

[Ricu]

Orion,

Sadly, I agree with your somewhat dismal forecast. Many of the new grad nurses where I am (that I know) have gotten positions but not all of them and they waited a painfully long time, some almost a year. What I will say is that the most persistent ones got those jobs. It is sad to think that as those old nurses do retire, the replacement workforce will be no bigger because the "theoretically flooded" market isn't sitting around waiting, they're getting jobs doing whatever they can even if it's going back for a different degree. They won't be out there to jump on that "too late in coming" nursing job. Ah well, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

R

There are several things that have to be factored in to this equasion people.
One thing I have noticed is = The older, "experienced" Nurses (in my town) that are at or near retirment age are pulling the ultimate slam on new grads.
They "RETIRE" only to return to work the very next day (on perdium) at the same job, in the same department, same position, same everything.
Only "NOW" they are retired, their "BASE" income is secure and can't be threatened if they mess up royaly resulting in terminatiion, some are even drawing social security.
NOT ONLY does this take a job away from a new grad, it adds to the rise in healthcare costs.
Who could blame the retirees though???? with a chance to almost double your take home pay????
We do have a serious problem.
What to do about it is a mystery.
I know several Grads who were never able to find work and left the profession without ever even cashing one paycheck.
They do however still have the student loans to pay back.
Sad, but true. SIGH..........