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Factor One: Expectations vs. Reality

This is a common affliction of the newly graduated/licensed nurse. They are being exposed to the now-common message of the massive nursing shortage - that is estimated to develop to over one million nurses by the year 2020 - and contains to some degree taken on a life of its own, leaving the expectation that with such a critical shortage there will be job openings aplenty.

Though a million is a nationwide number, this doesn’t imply that each state - or community, town and city inside a given state - is equally impacted. For instance, it is also estimated that by 2020, 44 states and also the District of Columbia will face a vital nursing shortage. So what if you are licensed in one of the six states in which the shortage isn’t as critical?

Also, simply because there is a nursing shortage doesn’t mean that hospitals, clinics, etc. will hire just anyone. Most nursing schools have been expanding their programs and thus graduating more students; once licensed, these students are added to the applicant pool that the hospital has to choose from. So despite a shortage there is still a substantial amount of competition for available slots.

Many newly graduated/licensed nurses have a bulletproof sense about themselves and appear to think they hold all the cards; this really is not always the situation. For example, when the nurse searching for employment really wants to work among the prime shifts, emphatically states they won’t work weekends, or won’t work on a specific unit then these non-negotiable demands are met, they will limit their job choices.

I understand of at least one young nurse who complained to her fellow nurses on a forum about just such a circumstance. Imagine her surprise when nearly together the other nurses replied, tell her to get a grip. That with those expectations it might be a while before she’d look for a match, unless of course she was expecting a healthcare facility to shift a current employed nurse to another shift simply to accommodate her preference.

Sometimes a nurse must wait a while for their plum assignment, as in the case of attempting to be a travel nurse. We’ve all seen the ads for these often long-term employment positions, where a company provides the chance to work in various cities, states and even countries, thus quenching the roving spirit of some nurses. However, to be able to qualify for most travel agency positions a nurse generally needs a minimum of two years of hospital-based nursing experience.

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