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Factor One: Expectations vs. Reality

This is a common affliction from the newly graduated/licensed nurse. They are being exposed to the now-common message of the massive nursing shortage - that is estimated to grow to over one million nurses by the year 2020 - and contains to some degree adopted a life of its, leaving the expectation by using such a critical shortage you will see 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 the District of Columbia will face a critical nursing shortage. What exactly if you are licensed in one of the six states in which the shortage isn’t as critical?

Also, just because there is a nursing shortage doesn’t mean that hospitals, clinics, etc. will hire just anyone. Most nursing schools happen to be expanding their programs and therefore graduating more students; once licensed, these students are put into the applicant pool that a hospital has to choose from. So despite a shortage there\\\'s 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 looking for employment really wants to work one of 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, she or he will limit their job choices.

I know 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 in unison the other nurses replied, tell her to get a grip. By using those expectations it might be a while before she’d find a match, unless of course she was expecting a healthcare facility to shift a current employed nurse to a different shift just 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 of these often long-term employment positions, where an agency provides the opportunity to work in various cities, states as well as 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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