Archives for January 2015

The healthcare industry is experiencing hiring growth that should continue through the beginning of 2015. This positive news is a dose of much needed relief for many who were starting to worry about the various reasons for which there was a dearth of open positions.

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act – while a positive change for many uninsured citizens – did negatively affect healthcare hiring as many wanted to wait and to observe potential fallout from the new legislation. However, new figures from the Altarum Health Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that open jobs in the industry are increasing.

Around 28,500 jobs were added to hospitals throughout 2014. Approximately 4,300 positions at hospitals were added in the month of November alone. As a whole, the healthcare industry averaged 28,900 new career positions every month since November 2013. So between November 2013 and November 2014, around 261,000 new jobs were filled – with the help of nursing recruiting agencies.

Physicians’ offices faired the best overall when comparing the various sectors within healthcare. They added 6,600 jobs in two months in 2014. Home healthcare added 5,000 positions. Unfortunately, nursing care facilities didn’t see similar growth. Around 1,300 jobs were cut between October and November last year.

The Altarum Institute’s figures showed that 24,500 new jobs were added to the healthcare industry in October 2014 alone.

The Affordable Care Act created much change within the industry, which affected reimbursements and other issues. Healthcare providers sometimes struggle to collect patients’ high deductibles. The good news is that hiring is increasing finally.

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The nursing profession is experiencing an identity crisis of sorts. Pop culture has twisted the narrative regarding this noble trade, which begs the question, can any layperson correctly identify what it is nurses actually do? Hint: it’s a far cry from kindling steamy romances in the ICU or making brash decisions in the heat of the moment set to a swelling dramatic score.

Given how far pop culture has distorted the reality of nursing, perhaps the last place you’d expect to find an accurate depiction of the profession is on behalf of an animated movie starring a cartoon robot. Disney’s Big Hero 6 is arguably the most competent portrayal of nurses to shore up outside the crowded sea of mainstream entertainment in years.

Meet Baymax: a lovably loyal, affable, and dutiful robot/caregiver. Outside of the obvious dissimilarities, Baymax actually has quite a bit in common with other working nurses today; he evaluates health conditions of his patient, provides personalized recommendations relating to his health and even finds time to educate him on his neurochemical processes. Not bad for an hour and forty-eight minutes of work, wouldn’t you say?

Contrast this with depictions of nurses elsewhere like Showtime’sNurse Jackie and you’ll quickly find Hollywood is all about the drama. Although the show’s central figure, Jackie Peyton, can be counted as highly skilled and sympathetic — qualities frequently found within the nursing sector — she also happens to be a lying, corruptible, drug addict.

While it’s refreshing to see more accurate portrayals of nurses in mainstream media, but Hollywood certainly has a penchant for the sensational — occasionally at the expense of a time-honored trade. As one writer on behalf of NPR puts it, “You know your profession has an image problem when you point to a balloonish animated robot doll and say ‘Yes, that’s good. That accurately reflects what I do on a daily basis.’”

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