We ask President Obama to help new graduate nurses gain the experience needed to get a nursing job.
Recently there has been a great amount of help wanted ads from hospitals and agencies that are looking for nurses. Unfortunately for new grads, these jobs require at least 1 year of experience as a professional nurse. Hospitals are reluctant to hire new nurses due to the high cost of training each nurse and fears that they will not be loyal.
Some possible solutions may be: 1. give tax breaks to experienced nurses who will take on a new grad as an apprentice. 2. give hospitals more funding for externship programs. 3. Setting up standardized hospital training programs (similar to CPR classes) in order to lessen the cost of hiring new grads in hospitals. Thank you.