Guest Author - Lisa Shea

The U.S. Department of Labor says that Registered Nursing is the most needed job and is projected to be so for another decade. Nurses are in high demand!

This is no surprise to nurses, who are by and large very overworked. Nurses are often trying to do the job of 2 or 3 people, as they cover in a field that requires more and more work. As the population ages, and as medicines are found to help even minor ailments, the number of people needing nursing care rises each year.

The Health Resources and Services Administration reports that over 30 states currently have a serious nursing shortage, and in a few years almost all states will be in this situation. This is not a shortage just in a few large cities. It is a shortage that is hitting every sector of the population.

In the meantime, fewer people are going into nursing. Women who would go into nursing as a 'default career' are now choosing other careers that appeal to other interests - or are going on to become doctors. Men often do not go into nursing feeling it is a "women's field" - and that stereotype still lingers.

For people out of work who have an interest in helping others - nursing is a field that will always need active, interested workers!