As people have lost their jobs amidst the ongoing recession, registered nurses are spared from the massive layoffs since the demand for medical practitioners will always be in demand. (Since there will always be people who will need medical service.)
So for those people who want to have a reliable profession which will always be in demand, being a registered nurse is one way to ensure that there will be jobs always available no matter what is the current condition of the economy.
According to the latest survey, nursing is one of the most in demand professions from most part of the world including the US. And because of the high demand, the nursing graduates cannot compensate the number needed by hospitals to provide medical care for its patients.
Today, there is a nursing shortage and it has been estimated that the US need around 58,000 nurses before the end of 2016. Because of the high demand for this profession, many hospitals are even adopting various incentives to lure registered nurses to work with them. Some provide higher salary, financial assistance for staffs who want to continue on studying, work schedules which are not hard, and long vacation leaves.