Many Registered Nurse Jobs Vacant

They call it the caring profession and in the UK they are aptly nicknamed the Angels, but knowing how to become a nurse is just half the picture. Nurses of all levels are special people who show genuine commitment and care for the wellbeing of their patients. A certified registered nurse is hard work. It’s very hard work and can sometimes be a thankless task. Having said that, most of the folks that make a decision to become a nurse live to love their work.

Our elders are the wise ones, the ones to listen to about behavior, manners, attitudes, values, and real world experiences. One such area the wise ones know about is work, the work force, and supply and demand when it comes to getting a job. One sagacious one always told me to go into food service or health care or funeral services, because she always said, “people gotta eat and they gotta die.” So a wise follow-up would be to look into registered nurse jobs.

If you browse the jobs in any medial journal, you will see there are always vacancies available within the nursing profession. There will never be enough nurses to fit all the nurse practitioner jobs going, which is why we see so many foreign nursing staff in many of our hospitals. Whether you want to become a licensed practical nurse, a state enrolled nurse, a legal nurse consultant, or apply for any of the registered nurse jobs going, there’s a whole variety of care positions available.

If you go to the website for the U. S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics and search registered nurse jobs, you will find the need for RNs verified: registered nurses compose the largest of all health care fields/professions—2.4 million.

So with a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing (a BSN), an associate degree in nursing (an ADN), and a diploma, those seeking registered nurse jobs can easily find a position and can choose from many areas of specialty. One can work for a hospital or clinic or other healthcare facility. One can work in pediatrics, gerontology, psychiatry, maternity, surgery, or emergency settings. One can work as a travel nurse, a home-care nurse, or even a business nurse consultant. And one can expect to find work at least through 2014, as the projections hold that the trend for registered nurse jobs will “grow much faster than average,” which the labor board defines as a trend that will increase by 27% or more.



I know several people who have studied for, practiced for, started in, and/or moved to registered nurse jobs: my aunt started as an RN, moved into work with Johnson & Johnson, started a company that supported the cryogenics fields, and just finished her master’s. My best friend is a clinical nurse specialist in geriatrics, a job that has evolved from her first RN years as a nurse in retirement facilities. Her husband has just begun his career as a psych nurse. Another friend is a surgical assist, and another has just finished her schooling to work in pediatrics.

All of the above people got jobs VERY soon after they finished their schooling and practice work/field work. This is what our wise elders meant, then, though I would add that people, besides having to eat and having to die, also inevitably have to have health care at some point in their lives. Ask a nurse, any nurse, and I’m sure they will agree.