(2011-12-15) Nursing Unemployment Up

Even Nursing (HealthCare) UnEmployment is up. California has spent at least $95 million in federal, state and private funds in the past decade to double the number of nursing graduates by expanding college programs and grants... Fewer nurses are retiring during the recession, and hospitals are saving money by turning to veteran or temporary nurses who don't need expensive training... The nursing shortage will return during the next decade as the economy picks up, boomers begin to retire and California's insured population grows, Bates said... Rookie nurses hired by hospitals tend to have either advanced degrees or experience with the hospital, according to a 2010 survey by the California Institute for Nursing and Health Care.