By HEATHER KEELS
HAGERSTOWN — Despite talk of a national nursing shortage that prompted Hagerstown Community College to roughly double the size of its nursing program two years ago, some new nursing graduates say jobs aren’t as plentiful as they had hoped.
“I thought I was going to be able to find one right off the bat, but it didn’t work out that way,” said Tamara Medina, one of 24 students who graduated from HCC’s nursing program Jan. 8 as part of a new, January-admission program that was started with grant funding in 2008.
Medina said she applied to hospitals all over the area, then, when she didn’t hear back, expanded her search to include nursing homes. Read More…
