CHICAGO (CBS) ― We’ve always been told nursing and health care are nearly recession-proof careers. So the nursing school students who graduated today should be in great shape, right? Not so fast.
As CBS 2′s Roseanne Tellez reports, even some nursing graduates are struggling to find jobs.
Students from the College of Nursing were beaming with excitement at commencement exercises at UIC on Thursday. After all, they’ve chosen the ever-growing field of health care. Even in this poor economy, there are always jobs in health care, right?
“In the Quad cities where we’re from, one hospital is in a hiring freeze,” said nursing graduate Megan Varcho, who estimates half of the nurses graduating have jobs lined up. Read more…
