Top Sources to Get a List of Registered Nurses

To go along with the theme of this blog, I figured I would go ahead and give you the top sources to acquire a list of registered nurses.

This list of sources is general in itself as every hospital and healthcare agency has its own need.

The sources I am about to mention are general enough where everyone will be able to use these resources and taylor it to suit their needs.

Nursing Schools - If you want a list of fresh nurses that does not suffer from list fatigue this is the place to get it. Nursing schools produce thousands of nurses every year and these nurses will be out looking for a job as sooon as they graduate.

The drawback is that you will be looking at nurses without experience. On the other hand, the salary for theses nurses will be the entry salary.

Board of Nursing - The second source is to get a list from State Board of Nursing. Since all nurses that intend to work in a specific state must register with them, this is a great place to start.

One of the drawback however is that many of these nurses will not be available for work as they may already have a job or be retired.

Nursing Job Boards - The third source is to go through a nursing job board on the internet. Nursing job board have an advantage over the other in terms of freshness if you get a list of registered nurses from a popular job board, because the posts and new applications are constantly updated.

Nurse Staffing Agency - using a nurse staffing agency is a great way to keep from having to do any leg work as the good ones will have a great database of nurses that is constantly updated. The drawback is the cost as it can be very expensive.

List Brokerage Company - The last option which should be used with care is to contact one of the many list brokerage company. I say last option because it is difficult the determine how current the list is and how accurate it is.

Wisconsin Nurses - Planning for the Future

The Wisconsin State government have been taking the nurse shortage rather seriously and started a statewide survey of over 77,000 nurses.

The early results of this survey shows that only half of the nurses in Wisconsin are working in hospitals as the other half workin in clinics or community health centers.

The study found that the State of Wisconsin is mostly made up of nurses over the age of 45 which is something to worry about in the near future as when these nurses begin to retire, it will create a large nurse shortage unless the age difference in nurses can be equalized.

This information will be used by the state government to see about create and improving nursing programs as well as improving the nursing conditions to keep current nurses from leaving their profession.

Another Hospital in the Nurse Search Status

A registered nurse friend of mine was telling me today about Houston Healthcare being in need of nurses due to the rising admission rate they have been experiencing.

I found this to be an interesting case as most of the nurse shortage in the U.S. happen in smaller cities. Atlanta for example has a very competitive nurse market and there is no shortage there.

Emory University hospital turns down nursing applications on a weekly basis and Piedmont hospital has such a large nursing database that they only need to make a couple of phone calls to get a nurse.

Getting back to the point, Houston Healthcare started out with 30 RN and 5 LPN positions available in June and have so far only been able to fill 11 of the RN positions but have been able to fill all of the LPN positions.

Looking at the current economy, you would assume that the jobs would have been filled by now but it is not the case. Of course, if the hospital in question is not using a nurse placement agency with a good list of registered nurses then the process would be slower.

If they are using such an agency and still not able to fill these position then it is something we should all worry about.