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Nursing in North and Central America – Toward Harmonizing Qualifications
Amid aging populations and the growth of chronic diseases, the demand for skilled health-care professionals is on the rise in the three countries of North America. In the United States alone, an estimated 5.6 million vacancies for health-care professionals at all skill levels will open up between 2010 and 2020, and the numbers in Canada … Continue reading
From Spain to Netherlands for nurses / 800 applicants
Nurse recruiting firm Roca-BHR drew more than 800 applicants in Spain last year when it offered guaranteed jobs in the Netherlands caring for the elderly to those who were willing to take an intensive course in Dutch Continue reading
UK / NHS nursing posts / 12,000 to go says Labour
Thousands of NHS nursing posts could be lost in the next two years, the shadow Health Secretary has warned. Labour’s Andy Burnham said the health service would lose 12,000 nurses while the Coalition was in power if the current rate of loss continued. Mr Burnham said there was new evidence that NHS trusts were meeting … Continue reading
A nurse or a ‘murse’?
I was drawn to nursing for two reasons. One was just necessity. I needed to make money and that was a field that was hiring, so I worked as an orderly during college. After doing that for about a year, I realized I really enjoyed it and I transferred into nursing school. Starting out, I … Continue reading
US / Nursing: Where’s the shortage?
I graduated from San Jose State University in May and got my registered nurse license in July. I have applied for jobs all over California and also other states such as Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Virginia. I also applied with travel agencies but had no luck. I am currently working as a caregiver for a … Continue reading
Ireland / Scheme to employ 1,000 graduate nurses on lower salaries
THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has reported “strong interest and enquiries” about its controversial scheme to employ 1,000 graduate nurses on lower salaries. The first phase of the scheme offering the newly qualified nurses jobs in hospitals kicked off yesterday despite bitter opposition from nursing unions. The nurses will get a two-year contract at €21,769 … Continue reading
Nursing Grads – More schooling may help to land jobs
The health care industry has been an employment bright spot in Sacramento and across the country as demand grows to care for a graying population. But newly minted nursing graduates are having trouble squaring that good news with their difficulties in finding work, said Anne McNamara. McNamara, dean of Grand Canyon University’s College of Nursing … Continue reading
CA | No Jobs for 43% of Newly Licensed Nurses
Forty-three percent of California nurses, who were newly licensed RNs in the previous 18 months, said they had not landed their first job, according to a Fall 2011 survey conducted by the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC). The survey was conducted in collaboration with the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), California … Continue reading
Zimbabwe | The scandal of the unwanted nurses « National « ZimEye
THE government announced recently that it does not have the capacity to hire and remunerate 2,000 state registered nurses who were issued with their diplomas in 2010 and 2011. This assertion, which amounts to an acceptance by the government that it is abdicating its duties, is in bad taste especially in view of the fact … Continue reading
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