U.S. Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations | NYT | 5.24.06
As the United States runs short of nurses, senators are looking abroad. A little-noticed provision in their immigration bill would throw open the gate to nurses and, some fear, drain them from the world’s developing countries.
The legislation is expected to pass this week, and the Senate provision, which removes the limit on the number of nurses who can immigrate, has been largely overlooked in the emotional debate over illegal immigration.
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Based on surveys, Dr. Galvez Tan estimates that 80 percent of the country’s government doctors have become nurses or are enrolled in nursing programs, hoping for an American green card. “I plead for justice,” he said in a telephone interview. “There has to be give and take, not just take, take, take by the United States.”
Doctor to nurse, all for a green card—what about nurses from Canada and South Africa? I’ve known many, and all are excellent.
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this issue really burns me up!!!!!
my husband is an LPN and unemployed LPN and very willing to work at any hospital here in oklahoma. he had to quit his job at a “rehab” hospital because they sold out and the evnvironment was completly hostile. just two weeks ago they reported in the TULSA WORLD that they are havig to bring in nurses from india and places to cover the nursing shortage. why then are they not even responding to applications made by locally trained locally unemployed fully qualified nurses? what do ya bet its got to do with the all mighty dollar?
PS: an interesting note, Hillcrest Hospital (the one i could throw a rock at from where i live) has just released plans to build and rebuild a 60 million dollar heart care center (they just built a brand new clinic for OU) and is the major employer for these forgien nurses.
BOLLOCKS!!!!!
this issue really burns me up!!!!!
my husband is an LPN and unemployed LPN and very willing to work at any hospital here in oklahoma. he had to quit his job at a “rehab” hospital because they sold out and the evnvironment was completly hostile. just two weeks ago they reported in the TULSA WORLD that they are havig to bring in nurses from india and places to cover the nursing shortage. why then are they not even responding to applications made by locally trained locally unemployed fully qualified nurses? what do ya bet its got to do with the all mighty dollar?
PS: an interesting note, Hillcrest Hospital (the one i could throw a rock at from where i live) has just released plans to build and rebuild a 60 million dollar heart care center (they just built a brand new clinic for OU) and is the major employer for these forgien nurses.
BOLLOCKS!!!!!