By John Zappe, ERE

Published at http://www.ere.net/2009/05/13/new-nursing-portal-offers-personal-career-advice/

Amanda Picton doesn’t like disillusioning nursing students about their first job out of school, “but I want to be honest with them.”

So when she tells the students who call her for career advice to look in Texas and expect $50,000 a year, rather than in Missouri for $100,000, she’s not surprised that some of them tell her she’s wrong. “In nursing school they are mislead to believe they are going to be making $50 an hour and are in demand everywhere,” says Picton. “We do this (recruit and place nurses) everyday. We know what the market is like.”

Today marks National Nurses Day and the beginning of National Nurses’ Week; this year’s theme is “Nurses: Building a Healthy America.” RN Pathways, one of the most unique nursing organizations in the United States, is celebrating with the launch a new network to further its mission of helping nurses build healthy careers. As part of the new network, www.RNpathways.com has been created and went live today; RN Pathways is a new division of parent company, Inhouse Assist, LLC.