International Nurse hoping for Nursing Job Market Demand to Return

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As global economic situation getting better, Both USA & Canada Nursing Job Market Demand keep getting warmer. It is really good news for those International nurse who had pass NCLEX exam / English Exam.


Three months ago, Stefania Tutino-Eslow graduated from the registered nursing program at Fresno City College, and she’s still looking for a job. She says out of about 130 graduates, only a handful found nursing positions.

“(Most) kept their old jobs to put themselves through school,” she says. “They’re still working at a grocery store or as bank tellers.”

In this economy, a three-month job search is typical. Others have looked much longer. Compare that to a few years ago, when hospital recruiters were eager to hire graduating nurses. Colleen Grande is a nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Fresno and teaches at Fresno City College.

Grande advises nursing students about the current job market. She says four to five years ago, graduates could easily negotiate with hospitals over their desired positions and schedules.

“We’ve had a 180 in the job market, without a doubt,” Grande says.

With an ever-increasing demand for medical services, why aren’t health care providers simply hiring more nurses? Grande says there are several reasons. New graduates can cost $70,000 to $100,000 to train. And many part-time nurses went full-time after their spouses lost their jobs.

Retired nurses are also returning to the field because of the recession. But when the economy improves and those older nurses quit working, a real shortage could occur, especially as aging baby boomers require more care. Meanwhile, the National Student Nurses’ Association says graduations from nursing schools are at an all-time high, so it’s hard for many students to get work experience in a hospital.

Tutino-Eslow had previous experience working in a nursing home. She says it taught her about the realities of caring for patients. Some of her classmates quit the nursing program because they couldn’t handle the demands of the field.

“I know some students that didn’t expect they had to clean a patient, they didn’t expect that they had to physically be there, not only physically supporting a patient, but also mentally, and it can be draining,” she says. “Some people don’t want to have to deal with that. They just think that nursing is passing out meds and they make a great paycheck, and that’s not what nursing is about.”

The nursing association advises graduates to be willing to take jobs in nursing homes and other settings outside hospitals. Tutino-Eslow says she’ll take any nursing job in the Fresno area, and she’s looked everywhere from dialysis centers to the state prison system.

A passion for nursing will always provide an advantage for job seekers. Grande first changed a bedpan when she was a little girl.

“I think I was born a nurse, honestly,” she says. “Some people are literally born to do this. It’s not a profession for me, it’s who and what I am 24/7. It’s not something I do.”

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