6 Reasons Why Nurses go Unemployed or Stop Working in USA
- Severe work related injuries especially back ones: Always ask for help. Use ergonomics like you were taught and never underestimate patient weight. Light patients are the ones that can hurt easily.
- Hospitals eliminating LVN/LPN positions: Get yourself a nursing degree, preferably a bachelor’s degree and get a specialty certification. You will always impress nurse recruiters.
- Lack of Nursing Experience: If you are a new graduate, enroll into an internship or a residency program. If possible, start as a student nurse (externship) in the hospital that you plan to apply for a job.
- Hospitals closing doors and going out of business. Keep yourselves competitive and sought after by everyone. These are tough times
- Medication errors: Many nurses are dismissed from work and sometimes barred from practicing due to medication errors. From simple to fatal medication errors, any can make one ineligible to get a nursing job.
- Immigration and work authorization laws. Nurses no longer get guaranteed green card in America. Many foreign qualified nurses are finding themselves jobless due to lack of work authorization
