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Associated Press - April 26, 2009 2:25 PM ET
OWINGS, Md. (AP) - For the first time in at least 10 years, nurses are struggling to find jobs because fewer people being treated at hospitals in this economy.
Nurses are now working longer to avoid retiring and many have rejoined the work force as the economy declined and jobs started to become scarce. That's the opposite of the way it was for the last 10 years when hospitals struggled to find enough nurses to have a full staff.
The nursing industry right now says it only needs acute-care and emergency-room nurses.
Skip Margot is vice president of patient care services at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville. He says there are only a few openings among his staff of 800 nurses.
Meanwhile, Inova Health System officials say openings at their sites in Alexandria, Fairfax, Fair Oaks, Loudoun and Mount Vernon are in critical care.
Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
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