5 Types of Nursing You May Never Have Considered

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I'm sorry, I'm really tired of hearing about all of these "growth" opportunities. Let's not perpetuate this myth of how easy it is to find jobs in nursing here. This is a nursing forum, we know better. Let's save this "growth" BS for the ignorant media. Tell all the new grads who have been unemployed for months after graduation about the "numerous, diverse opportunities" in nursing. Oh, and be sure to mention it to the experienced nurses who have trouble finding jobs, too. I'm sure they'll all appreciate how out of touch with reality that statement is.

Quote from calivianyaI'm sorry, I'm really tired of hearing about all of these "growth" opportunities. Let's not perpetuate this myth of how easy it is to find jobs in nursing here. This is a nursing forum, we know better. Let's save this "growth" BS for the ignorant media. Tell all the new grads who have been unemployed for months after graduation about the "numerous, diverse opportunities" in nursing. Oh, and be sure to mention it to the experienced nurses who have trouble finding jobs, too. I'm sure they'll all appreciate how out of touch with reality that statement is.

Quote from calivianyaI'm sorry, I'm really tired of hearing about all of these "growth" opportunities. Let's not perpetuate this myth of how easy it is to find jobs in nursing here. This is a nursing forum, we know better. Let's save this "growth" BS for the ignorant media. Tell all the new grads who have been unemployed for months after graduation about the "numerous, diverse opportunities" in nursing. Oh, and be sure to mention it to the experienced nurses who have trouble finding jobs, too. I'm sure they'll all appreciate how out of touch with reality that statement is.

Nice article!!! Nursing is such a great field because we have so many options!!

"But few new nurses want to work in primary care offices or skilled nursing facilities. Nursing school, peer pressure and popular culture has taught them that REAL nurses work in an acute care hospital. But, of course, there's limited jobs available in the hospitals and when everyone and their mother wants to work there, you wind up with a lot of new grads crying "no jobs!" when what they're really saying is "no jobs where I want to work!"."I have to disagree with this statement. I'd gladly take a job in a SNF or a primary care office and applied to several - no call backs. Those places want experience too or do in CA and PA. Everywhere you turn, it's experience experience experience, and the suggestions for places you never considered looking are the same. I looked into medicare/medicaid type jobs (QA), but of course, they want experience. Emergency rooms are notoriously experience oriented. While I'm not trying to bash your piece, I'm just saying that saying new grads just don't want to work all these non hospital jobs is very untrue. I've been trying to get into psych since I graduated, and I keep hearing how I don't have experience, despite working 4 years in a rehabilitation facility for people who survived traumatic brain injury, where at least 50% of what I do is mental health. -Just my two cents and *experience*.

I agree there is not a shortage in certain areas of the country. If you are willing to relocate or work in a less desired position (non-acute care) you are more likely to find a job. Simply saying there is no shortage is false.

Even nurses who have been nursing for many years cannot get a job in another area without experience so there isn't much upward or lateral mobility happening. I would love to break into OB, OR or psych but they just don't want to train nurses into their specialty.

melissagee-I worked at an urgent care in my first real job as an RN once I got my license. Once I got my feet a little wet, I transferred my license to another state, and I'm working in primary care as a staff nurse. I LOVE IT. This is exactly what I wanted to do in the end, but I always thought I would have to pay my dues in a hospital first. I prefer the reliability of a regular schedule with a M-F type deal. My only qualm is that I wish I was a little closer to home. 45 minutes isn't a HUGE commute, but I hate that I'm on the road for so long during the day.

I'm a new nurse and I have a couple of fantastic jobs. I was licensed on 06/10 and had a job on 06/11 (Home Health). I then was picked up by a Hospice and a Detox facility. Both jobs were recommended to me by other nurses that I met in a ALF that I only lasted 4 weeks at because the job was horrid and I quit (with a 2 week notice). There are loads of jobs out there. Maybe not what you want but there is no shortage of work in general.

we have a terrible time finding nurses in Mental Heath. now they want to expand from a 10 bed unit to 25...I can not foresee this being easy to staff.