6 Reasons Why Nurses go Unemployed or Stop Working in USA

6 Reasons Why Nurses go Unemployed or Stop Working in USA

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Hospitals closing doors and going out of business. Keep yourselves competitive and sought after by everyone.  These are tough times
5. 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.
6. 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