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Gabe Westheimer who became a registered nurse in January, has been unable to find a nursing job in his preferred area, an emergency room nurse. Nursing jobs are not as abundant as they were before the economic downturn.

His wife, Kate, is a doctoral student with a National Institutes of Health fellowship has a limited income, and two more years of schooling left. Gabe abd his wife had budgeted for him to be without a job until April, but he’s up against the deadline.

“We budgeted for us to get that income now, but I’m still looking,” he said. “We sure would love not to draw on savings.”

More experienced nurses who might have chosen to retire are staying, and those who worked part time have moved to full time, squeezing out new graduates.

Gabe feels that like the country, he and his wife are building their foundation now, and although their finances, and the national economy, might be gloomy, things will improve soon.

“I have no worries about our long term prospects,” he said. “I trust that sooner rather than later I will land a job in the field I want to work in.”