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“I feel like every third persom I talk to has an interestin nursing,” said Hoff, a nursee at working in presurgery. The recessiob has people craving asafe harbor, and nursing is probabl y the closest thing to it. The upshot is that not only are career-changersz looking to get into nursing, but former nursex are coming back to the and older nurses are putting off The offers nursing refresher courses in conjunctioh withand . Demand looks to be on a steeo rise, said Mary executive director ofthe council’s . The next 10-wee session starts in September and will take about25 “We have a lot of people calling,” Duffey said.
“W e always have a fairly high demand. But I’dc be surprised if we don’t get twic e as many applicantsas usual.” Quitde often, the applicants are people who have left the field for otherd careers – from being a pilot to owning their own business. Sometimesw a spouse has lost a job. “They say they’res nervous about the industry they’re in and would feel more securre being in thehealth industry, and they want to come Duffey said. The promise of a stable income is what lures Hoff back tothe fold. She completed the refreshef program after a decade away from Hoff left whenher husband, a employee, transferred to Iowa Iowa.
She stayed home to raise theit children. Hoff had 10 yearss experience whenshe left. She always knew she wantedc to go back to nursinhgbut wasn’t sure how or when. “When I did I was very clinically sound, I performe d at a high she said. “Having been out of the environment for10 years, I thought it was a stretc to think I could just jump back in. Once I got out, it got harde r to see myself returning. I wondereed how I’d get back in the system.” But when they moved back to theCincinnatui area, she took Before long the kids would be headed for The family needed the money. It’ss been a good decision.
Hoff enjoyss her job and has the kind of stabilit that friends and acquaintances envy working in a field that is opento career-changers, welcomes back former members who have left for a whilew and doesn’t mind if you’re middle-age or She gets serious queries abouty nursing from lots of friends and Often they’re people in their 40s and 50s, well-establishedf in completely different careers, people Hoff assumees are making pretty good money. Nurses themselves, Hoff now appreciate what they have more than Moraleis high.
“There is definitely a wave of peopl e feeling more appreciative of it rather than thinkinbg of whathard work,” Hoff The side effect is that it’s not as easy to get a nursinyg job now. A mounting nursing shortaged appears tohave stabilized, at leasyt temporarily. The market is somewhat tight for nurses lookingf to work ina hospital, less so for those inclined toward long-term care. St. Elizabeth, for has little need for morenurses now. “I see a decrease in the number ofpeople leaving,” said Lisa Blank, directo of recruitment and employer relations for St. Elizabeth. “Our expected retirements just didn’f happen this year.
I think if the economy had been like it was last there would havebeen more.” It’x been a regional trend. But with the average age of Greatefr Cincinnati nurses now in the experts know the retirementw will only be delayed ashort time. “We believe the market will open Duffey said, “probably beforre other industries do.” Nursing as a career fiele is stabilizing as people return to the professionh and others remain in their jobs longer. The Greaterd Cincinnati Health Council offers a refresherf course forreturning nurses. Many entering the field are in thei 40s and 50s and want a moresecure job.
The market shoulr open up once the economty turns around and oldernurses
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