Newly Graduating Nurses Having Trouble Finding Jobs

New graduates of nursing programs in Massachusetts are having difficulty finding jobs due to the recession, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

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Older nurses are delaying retirement, part-timers are moving into full-time jobs or picking up extra shifts, and some hospitals have been laying off nurses.

A BSN graduate with high honors at the University of Massachusetts Lowell said she could not find a job, like many of her classmates. “We kind of feel a little bit hopeless,” she said.

Read the Boston Globe report on nursing.

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