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"Health care" is a really big field though. Not all of the field are in-demand, and not every healthcare career is a good bet. The career prospects for RNs and LPNs and CNAs are not the same. The cost of entering these fields varies too, and some are a good investment and some aren't.
Healthcare's bubble popped already, at least for nursing and radiography(xray tech). Pharmacy is heading that way.... A lot of schools have opened up in the past 10 yrs b/c retail pharmacy pays really really well - all of a sudden you have people who are interested in science. Esp now that nursing is starting to sour, people are exploring beyond the option of getting an RN.
Healthcare is, I predict, going to rebound compared with today, as soon as things get a little better and older employees start retiring. We will always need certain healthcare workers; right now there is a combination of people who rushed to health careers still graduating and older employees who might have retired in a good economy trying to hang on to making some more money for a more secure retirement (or rebuilding their retirement account). I speak only of employment - I really cannot say if the bonuses and relocation $$$ will come back or if the salaries will be incredibly attractive.
I don't think anybody would deny that there are a lot and that there will be a lot of jobs in health-care. The question is how will the jobs compare to the number of people that can fill them? Everyone seems to think that health-care is where all the money is, but this will send a flood of people into the industry.
It really does seem like in 4~5 years the health-care industry is going to be over-supplied with workers.
I don't think anybody would deny that there are a lot and that there will be a lot of jobs in health-care. The question is how will the jobs compare to the number of people that can fill them? Everyone seems to think that health-care is where all the money is, but this will send a flood of people into the industry.
It really does seem like in 4~5 years the health-care industry is going to be over-supplied with workers.
I don't know about RN's but CNA's and LPN's are being pumped out in unbelievable numbers.
I don't think anybody would deny that there are a lot and that there will be a lot of jobs in health-care. The question is how will the jobs compare to the number of people that can fill them? Everyone seems to think that health-care is where all the money is, but this will send a flood of people into the industry.
It really does seem like in 4~5 years the health-care industry is going to be over-supplied with workers.
It already is in many jobs. New nursing grads have to be very flexible and creative to get jobs. Over at SDN in the pharmacy forum there is considerable debate whether Pharmacy is saturated now, or is soon to be that way (with differing opinions among working Pharmacists, current students, and students preparing to enter school).
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I don't know about RN's but CNA's and LPN's are being pumped out in unbelievable numbers.
Yes, the RNs as well. It seems that in my area, several schools opened up nursing programs as the demand by students hit an incredible level, because the job market was still decent. Now, two years later, just as some of these programs are getting final approval/accreditation/whatever it is and have graduated one or two classes, they are telling their soon-to-be graduates that they are going to have to be willing to move away or find some other creative way to get a job.
Totally wish I stuck with nursing as my major back when it was not as popular. Now these days I can throw a handful of pebbles and hit 10 people who are either doing pre-reqs for nursing or are trying to get into NS.
I don't think anybody would deny that there are a lot and that there will be a lot of jobs in health-care. The question is how will the jobs compare to the number of people that can fill them? Everyone seems to think that health-care is where all the money is, but this will send a flood of people into the industry.
It really does seem like in 4~5 years the health-care industry is going to be over-supplied with workers.
Agreed, just as one of the previous poster's stated, Nursing (RN) is very saturated currently because of the sheer number of new grads graduating and many of them are unemployed. My friend works in HR at our hospital and whenever they put an ad out for a few new grad positions they literally get thousands of applicants. I heard of this happening across the board. So many people that have been laid off are turning to nursing because of the perception that you are "guaranteed a job" and this may have been true some years ago but not now. Here in the bay area is considered one of the worst places to be a new grad, hospitals are not willing to hire them because of the cost and many part-timers becoming full-time again. I had a former classmate I ran into and when I told her I worked for a major hospital in the bay area she asked me to "hook her up" with a job. She had graduated with her RN from SF State last year and had yet to get a job after 100's of applications.
I got an accounting degree and shortly after got my CPA. Love it! You'll make about 50k out of school working for a cpa firm. When you get your CPA and a couple years experience under you belt it moves up to about 60-70k. From that point on, the sky is the limit. Could make 100k+ as a CFO, controller, CEO, manager etc. You could also go into the law field pretty easy since an accountant should be well versed in legal related topics. Also very easy to start your own business doing consulting.
I don't think anybody would deny that there are a lot and that there will be a lot of jobs in health-care. The question is how will the jobs compare to the number of people that can fill them? Everyone seems to think that health-care is where all the money is, but this will send a flood of people into the industry.
It really does seem like in 4~5 years the health-care industry is going to be over-supplied with workers.
Agreed, RN seems to be one of the "golden tickets" people are pursuing right now. But unless you're willing to move out to a rural area, employment could be a problem.
A hospital in my region let go of almost all their LPNs. They want either RNs or CNAs. However, there is a shortage of RNs and CNAs in my area. Graduate CNAs decide it is not the right job for them within the first six months of work, probably about half of the time if not more often.
I think eventually the healthcare industry will be oversupplied with workers, but it will be more like 20-30 years down the road, after the bulk of the baby boomer generation has come to pass (literally). But, as that generation slowly but surely exits the work force, new jobs in other fields will open up. Just my two cents.
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. I heard of this happening across the board. So many people that have been laid off are turning to nursing because of the perception that you are "guaranteed a job" and this may have been true some years ago but not now. Here in the bay area is considered one of the worst places to be a new grad, hospitals are not willing to hire them because of the cost and many part-timers becoming full-time again. I had a former classmate I ran into and when I told her I worked for a major hospital in the bay area she asked me to "hook her up" with a job. She had graduated with her RN from SF State last year and had yet to get a job after 100's of applications.
