<p>OP, how did you know you were good at nursing if you haven’t even started the program?</p>
<p>I don’t think the nursing shortage was hoax , there was indeed a shortage however since the financial crisis older nurses cannot retire or they went back to work. It’s easier for the hospital to hire a person who has been working for 30+ years versus a new grad.</p>
<p>It all comes down to the economy, really there are over 900,000 nurses who technically should have retired but couldn’t. Once they do there will be jobs. It’s just a cruddy time to be a new grad all around.</p>
<p>And also, like some people have said, the nursing shortage is still prevalent in areas of the countrie. Many rural areas need nurses…</p>