<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Health Careers</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/jobs/healthcareers?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><description>Health Careers</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Reward Isn't in the Pay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16829-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16829-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Health aides in Maryland's largest Medicaid home care program often end up earning less than the federal minimum wage.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pharmacists: Tight Supply Keeps Salaries on the Rise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A391-2003Aug29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A391-2003Aug29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The heady days of signing bonuses and multiple job offers may be long gone for technology professionals but not so for pharmacists. With recent surveys indicating continued difficulty in filling pharmacist vacancies, signing bonuses have remained part of the compensation packages commonly offered to these in-demand health care professionals.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing: A Myriad of Career Paths to Consider]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A299-2003Aug29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A299-2003Aug29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With strong demand and a shortage of nurses projected into the next decade, more students and career changers are looking to nursing for the earning security and career satisfaction they're seeking. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), nursing school enrollments rose for the second consecutive year last fall.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiple Job Offers Common in Allied Health]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60329-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60329-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Looking for a career with a viable present and future? Consider the allied health arena.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accelerated Nursing Programs Ideal for Career Changers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58783-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58783-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Are you a college graduate looking to make a career change? Wish you could switch to a career that provided great personal satisfaction as well as a steady paycheck? Consider nursing.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Care Starts to Show Symptoms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13806-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13806-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The health care industry continues to be a rare shining star in the weak American labor market.]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vital Signs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13807-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13807-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<li> Hospitals have plenty of job openings in clinical areas with personnel shortages, such as nursing, pharmacy and radiology. Check hospital Web sites and newspaper ads for openings. Some hospitals offer hiring bonuses.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Facing Personnel and Faculty Shortages in Allied]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46215-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46215-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Recent surveys have documented the growing shortage of professionals in several  health professions including pharmacy, imaging technology, and clinical  laboratory science. Now, the latest Annual Institutional Profile Survey of the  Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions(ASAHP) and a special survey  on faculty vacancies confirm that the staff needed to prepare people for these  professions are also becoming scarce.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navigating the Multiple Offer Process]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46025-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46025-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you're a registered nurse, you're in demand. And whether you're a new graduate  nurse or a seasoned nursing professional, you're likely to cultivate more than one  job offer when you conduct a job search.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greater Diversity Needed in Nursing Workforce]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45810-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45810-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With the average age of nurses in the United States now at 45.2, health care  providers and educators are working aggressively to attract more students to the  nursing profession to meet the growing demand for care.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threat of Bioterrorism Helps Fuel Shortage of Lab]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45504-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45504-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, a survey of the health care workforce sponsored by the American  Hospital Association (AHA) pointed to growing personnel shortages in several  health professions including radiography, nursing, and clinical laboratory science.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increasing the Supply of BSN Degreed Nurses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45261-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45261-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The final data on nursing school enrollments won't be tallied for another four or five months but current indications suggest enrollments will be up again for the second year in a row.]]></description><author> Sheryl Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inova Cuts 113 Staffers, Reduces Work Hours]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54442-2003Jun30.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54442-2003Jun30.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Inova Health System, the second-largest hospital group in the Washington region, is laying off 113 employees and cutting the hours of 33 others in an attempt to trim $22 million from its 2003 budget and address what one official yesterday called "significant financial challenges."]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurses Brace for SARS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36858-2003Jun9.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36858-2003Jun9.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nurses at New York's Hospital for Joint Diseases, three miles from the site of the World Trade Center, adapt to the latest threat in a changing world.]]></description><author> Kirstin Downey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgetown Hospital to Close Cardiac Unit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55782-2003May29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55782-2003May29.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Georgetown University Hospital will close its cardiac-surgery unit this summer, a move that reflects the impact of new technology on what had been one of its most prominent specialties.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Hospitals' Unfilled Jobs Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50982-2003May28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50982-2003May28.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The state's hospital association reported "critical" shortages of health care workers in 2002, causing longer waits for many patients.]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a Nursing Shortage, an Older Cure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2704-2003May1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2704-2003May1.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hugh Brooks's career was flush with false starts. He'd tried his hand at journalism, advocated for immigrants, consulted for a think tank, even spent two years in law school before becoming a Web architect. Nothing seemed the right fit.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Nursing Right for You?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4458-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4458-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The best way to decide if nursing is a good career choice is to shadow a nurse for a few days, says Jill Titone, a nurse manager for Children's Hospital in the District.]]></description><author> Kathleen Brill</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demand for Local Nurses Escalates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4738-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4738-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Aspiring nurses in the Washington area will find their job search a little easier than it is in other fields. The area's vacancy rate for nurses is approximately 14 percent, putting nurses in high demand, says Joan Lewis, senior vice president of the D.C. Hospital Association.]]></description><author> Kathleen Brill</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergency Medicine Built on Teamwork]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4767-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4767-2003Apr21.html?nav=rss_jobs/healthcareers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Doctors, nurses and technicians come from diverse educational backgrounds and offer distinct types of care. But they share one core skill: making decisions quickly and compassionately.]]></description><author> Kathleen Brill</author></item></channel></rss>