Nursing Jobs in Ontario

A Canadian Press article today on CTV News Kitchener announced that Ontario will be hiring an additional 900 nurses this year, with the majority of those jobs being in nursing homes and community-based care settings. Click on the post title to read more.

Reality Check for New Graduates

The American Journal of Nursing [AJN] provides a surprising forum on their blog site, Off the Charts, reflecting the reality of the current economic downturn's impact on the supply of nursing jobs. True, there is a tremenous shortage of nurses, however at present it seems their is also a shortage of nursing positions!
Click on the title to read "Prospects for New Nurses: Thoughts on Graduating into a Downturn" by Christine Moffa [ANJ Clinical Editor]

Trinidad is Optimistic about it's Nursing Shortage

"Nursing shortage to end in 2012." reports Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday for Monday June 22, 2009.

Jerry Narace, Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Health, "is confident the chronic shortage of nurses in the health sector will be remedied by 2012." What's his plan? ...for one to continue actively recruiting foreign nurses!

Nursing Job Trends from Indeed.com

There will always be the need for qualified nursing staff -- see what qualifications are asked for the most.

MSN nurse, BSN nurse, ASN nurse, LPN nurse Job Trends

MSN nurse jobs - BSN nurse jobs - ASN nurse jobs - LPN nurse jobs

Pasqua Hospital nurses have a world of experience

Pamela Cowan, The Leader-Post, Regina Saskatchewan.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Staff working on a medical unit at the Pasqua Hospital have a world of experience. "Many homes ... One community" is the label for three maps posted in one of the units to mark her staff's international diversity.
"On the world map, coloured pins show her staff originates from Canada, Africa, Germany, El Salvador, the Caribbean, Eritrea, Brazil, the United States and Guyana. Closer to home, staff are recognized on a Saskatchewan map, while a third demonstrates locations in the Philippines where nurses practised before they came to Regina. Engel said the maps are reminders that staff come from many cultures and may have different beliefs and varying levels of experience and education....They also bring different perspectives in terms of practice. Our multicultural group has enriched all of us. One of the things that we've discovered as a team is that there's many ways to do things right."

Looking for nursing jobs in Canada?

Nursing Trend Watch: Get Ready for Change

By Linda Beattie, contributor to NurseZone.com

"What does the future hold for nurses and the country’s health care system? It certainly won’t be “more of the same.” From high-tech advances to economic downturns, nurses will need to keep their eyes on a number of trends if they want to be ready for the changes ahead."
Click on the title to read the full article ~ but note one set of statistics for job seekers to keep in mind:

The projected growth rates for RN jobs in the largest areas of employment are:
Physician offices ~ 39 percent
Home health care services ~ 39 percent
Outpatient care centers ~ 34 percent
Employment services ~ 27 percent
General medical and surgical hospitals, public and private ~ 22 percent
Nursing care facilities ~ 20 percent

RNCareers: Ontario's Premiere Career Site for Nurses

"To aid nurses in their search for career opportunities, the RNAO [Registered Nurses Association of Ontario] hosts the most extensive job search available for nurses in Ontario.
This career site offers a job and resume posting service that is beneficial to job seekers and nursing employers.
Nurses have the opportunity to search for jobs and their resumes to employers while remaining in control of their confidential information."

Crisis In The Health Sector Of Caribbean Countries

Crisis In The Health Sector Of Caribbean Countries: The Impact Of Trade
Liberalization And The Movement Of Labour On Health Services In The
CARICOM, March 2008
Conference paper by
Marjorie Charles, PhD (University of the West Indies)
"This paper examines the impact of migration of nurses on the health sector in the CARICOM region and implications for policy making. It also examines the extent to which domestic regulation in the health sector can be used as a tool for policy making."[from abstract]
Click on the title for access to the full text article.

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CampusCareerCenter.com and it's new subsiduary CampusRN are in the business of recruiting, however their websites have alot of useful information for nursing students and other entry-level health care job seekers. Included on the site is information about student loans and scholarships, a resume bank, and a job bank.