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Job market tightens for nursing graduates
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
It’s no secret that graduating from college in today’s job market can be scary, but the nurse shortage was supposed to insulate nursing grads from the economic downturn.
While hiring in the profession is still better than in many job segments, recent nursing graduates have discovered they aren’t immune from the tough market.
At Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta, graduates started feeling the pinch in 2009, when most students didn’t get their first choice in jobs, said Robert Hoover, associate dean of finance and administration. Hoover says this year’s graduates, however, are more prepared for the realities of the job market.
“There was less nervousness [this year],” he said. “Students knew they would have a tougher time vs. last year.”
Adam Houck, a 2010 Emory nursing school graduate, found out quickly how tough the market is when he applied for 43 nursing positions at hospitals all over Georgia and received 27 rejection e-mails.
But Houck persevered and was hired by Emory University Hospital Midtown as a nurse in its medical intensive care unit. He was scheduled to start work in July.
“If I could say anything to other nursing grads who are frustrated with their current job prospects, it would be, ‘Don’t lose sight of your dream job,’ ” Houck said. “It may take a little while to get there, but you can and you will get there.”
Houck said that Emory’s rigorous nursing program provided quality clinical experience to get him ready for the “real world of nursing.”
“I’m as prepared as I possibly could be as a recent grad,” Houck said. “I believe Emory’s school of nursing will be doing even more to prepare students for the current and future job market.”
Part of that preparation is helping nursing students get a broad-based education.
“The trends in nursing are becoming more diverse than in the past 20 years in research and science technology,” Hoover said. “We try to prepare our students for all the integral parts of nursing. There’s so much more to do besides working in a hospital.
“Just because there are current shortages [of nursing jobs] in some hospitals doesn’t mean there aren’t other opportunities elsewhere.”
At some hospitals, the hiring of new nurses has remained steady.
“In the two years that I have been here, we’ve stayed pretty consistent,” said Robin Mitchell, human resources consultant at Gwinnett Medical Center.
Still, in this tough market, it’s important for nursing graduates to be well-prepared for job interviews, Mitchell said. When hiring, she looks for candidates with high energy and the ability to maintain drive and passion throughout their careers.
“I enjoy hearing about clinical experiences and personal stories — just overall excitement,” she said. “I have talked to nurses that are well into their careers that say they still have the same excitement as… when they started.”
An effective track for getting a job at Gwinnett Medical is its 10-week summer externship program, where students work as nurse technicians and then are often hired into the health system’s 12-week residency program as full-time nurses.
“If students have to go back to school after completing the externship, we remember who was in the program so we’re likely to hire them once they graduate,” Mitchell said.Read Full Article
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GCC to offer free certified nursing assistant training
Friday, July 23, 2010
High school graduates, ages 17 to 19, are invited to participate in Gloucester County College’s free Certified Nursing Assistant program beginning in September.
High school graduates, ages 17 to 19, are invited to participate in Gloucester County College’s free Certified Nursing Assistant program beginning in September. The program, which runs Sept. 7 to 30, will provide health care training Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Students will learn basic-care skills including vital-signs monitoring, infection control, transferring and feeding of clients, communication skills, body mechanics, bed making, the Heimlich maneuver, restorative care and care of dying clients.
An in-demand profession, certified-nursing assistants are employed at hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and as home-care support. The GCC program is state approved and includes 50 hours of classroom content with 40 hours of clinical practicum to prepare students for the licensing examination. Funding for the program is provided by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Youth Transitions to Work program.
Registration deadline is July 30 and seating is limited. For additional information or to register, contact Wendy Venable at (856) 468-5000, ext. 5502 or by e-mail at wvenable@gccnj.edu.
Gloucester County College’s Continuing Education Center is located at 1492 Tanyard Road in Deptford Township, just off Exit 56 of Route 55.Read Full Article
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University Medical Center Health System is Hiring LVNs & RNs
Monday, May 31, 2010
UMC Health System is the leader in comprehensive healthcare delivery in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. More than 300,000 patients a year have come to expect our dedication to service and the top-tier care we provide. Since opening in 1978, UMC has been the first to offer lifesaving services to the region.
UMC’s Children’s Hospital was the first to have neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.
UMC maintains the region’s only Level I Trauma Center.
UMC’s Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center is the only one of its kind between Denver and Dallas.
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RN Invitational and Free CEU - June 3rd - Dallas
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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Texas Health Resources is Hiring RNs
Friday, May 28, 2010
Texas Health Resources (THR) is the foundation for three great health care systems in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex Harris Methodist Hospitals, Presbyterian Healthcare System and Arlington Memorial Hospital. Our thirteen facilities in metropolitan and rural areas allow our employees to work and grow in a community that’s right for them. Over the next 10 years THR plans to invest more than $1.5 billion into its current hospitals and future facilities. This level of strength demonstrates the ongoing commitment to improving the health of the people in the communities we serve as well as supporting a great environment for our employees.
As one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care systems in Texas, THR contributes to employee growth by offering outstanding benefits such as tuition reimbursement for employees and their dependents pursuing clinical degrees.
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Methodist Health System is Hiring RNs
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Methodist: Where life shines bright.
For more than 80 years, Methodist Health System has served families and communities in North Texas with compassionate, award-winning, leading-edge health care.
Surgeons on our medical staff have made history.
Our hospitals have won acclaim.
Our researchers have earned national recognition.
Our employees have voted Methodist Top 10 Best Places to Work in the Dallas-Fort Worth area - 6 years in a row.
But in all these decades, our mission has never changed - commitment to you, your family, and our community.
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RN Invitational - Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Nurses could apply for waiver on overpayment
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Hundreds of Veteran’s Administration nurses who face collection letters from the federal government for up to eight years of pay increases — some owing as much as $30,000 or more — are angry and worried about the process they face, while VA officials say they’re trying to set up a process that will have the nurses come out even in the end.
The uncertainty has everyone on edge.
“It’ll be totally devastating financially,” said David Martinez, a registered nurse who recently retired and has multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Martinez said he began getting the raises in 2002, and has long since spent any extra money fighting his disease.
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University Medical Center Health System is Hiring LVNs & RNs
Monday, May 10, 2010
UMC Health System is the leader in comprehensive healthcare delivery in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. More than 300,000 patients a year have come to expect our dedication to service and the top-tier care we provide. Since opening in 1978, UMC has been the first to offer lifesaving services to the region.
UMC’s Children’s Hospital was the first to have neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.
UMC maintains the region’s only Level I Trauma Center.
UMC’s Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center is the only one of its kind between Denver and Dallas.
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Texas Health Resources is Hiring RNs
Friday, May 07, 2010
“Healing hands. Caring hearts.”
Texas Health Resources (THR) is the foundation for three great health care systems in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex Harris Methodist Hospitals, Presbyterian Healthcare System and Arlington Memorial Hospital. Our thirteen facilities in metropolitan and rural areas allow our employees to work and grow in a community that’s right for them. Over the next 10 years THR plans to invest more than $1.5 billion into its current hospitals and future facilities. This level of strength demonstrates the ongoing commitment to improving the health of the people in the communities we serve as well as supporting a great environment for our employees.
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