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hospital administrator william r. moore of el centro regional medical center in el centro, ca says that he can't find enough nurses to fill his staffing needs in ca, and wants to bring in nurses from overseas specifically for his hospital. if you are a ca nurse who cannot find a job, please contact william r. moore and inform him that there are many nurses right here who cannot find jobs! if you would be willing to move to el centro or could commute, let this guy know, before he brings in even more nurses from overseas and makes the employment outlook for nurses in ca even grimmer!

here is a quote from william r. moore"

"to them [nurses from the philippines] the u.s. "is the land of milk and honey, and the streets are paved in gold," says moore. "they're not so particular."

contact:

william r. moore

contact ecrmc

1415 ross avenueel centro, ca 92243

760-339-7100 (telephone)

760-339-7363 (fax)

760-339-7151 (ttd)

[email protected]

excerpt from article about bill to allow 60,000 more rns to come to the us to work in the next 3 years from business week magazine:

"some lawmakers are looking to the immigration pipeline as one means to raise staffing levels. in may, representative robert wexler (d-fla.) introduced a bill that would allow 20,000 additional nurses to enter the u.s. each year for the next three years as a temporary measure to fill the gap. if the bill doesn't pass on its own, lawmakers may include it in a comprehensive [color=#007cd5]immigration reform package. obama is slated to meet with congressional leaders on june 25 to discuss reforming u.s. immigration laws.

hospital administrators such as william r. moore in el centro, calif., a sporificely populated town 100 miles east of san diego, see the wexler bill as a potential life raft. moore is chief human resources director at [color=#007cd5]el centro regional medical center, a 135-bed public hospital that typically has 30 open positions for [color=#007cd5]registered nurses (rns). while it's hard to lure nurses from nearby big cities (san diego is 100 miles west), moore says he could quickly recruit dozens of eager, qualified nurses from the philippines if the government allocated more visas. "all we want is temporary relief," says moore. "let us get a group of experienced rn hires from the philippines, and we won't ask for more."

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db20090619_970033.htm

if you cannot find a job and you are against bringing 60,000 rns to the us in the next three years, let your representatives know.

the proposed bill is the emergency nursing supply relief act (ensra) and was introduced by rep. robert wexler (d-fl).

if you do not want this bill to be enacted into law, please contact your representatives and tell them.

here is a link that gives you the contact info you need.

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Thanks for posting this-I just emailed the hospital-but a lot of good that will do??

I just wrote my representative a lenghthy email about this. I'm totally disgusted. As a new grad, I've been having great difficulty finding employment along with half of my graduating class.

The hospitals beg the schools to pump out more graduates and then refuse to hire them because we lack experience? On top of that you leave the GN's in the dust to hire abroad? What a big heaping bowl of crap!!:spbox:

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I also have contacted my represenatives. I am disgusted at the nerve of the congress. I guess the american people are just not important enough anymore.

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Just emailed my representative too. This proposed bill is ludicrous.

omg i can't believe this-when there's so many americans here willing to do the job and are turned down, what about me, i'm fixinf to start ns in this coming semester, this makes me sick and i can't believe they're willing to pay for non american nurses than to train their own in their country!

does anyone have the link to where we, or at least i, can write my state representative/senate? we all need to do this, so they know how we feel!:nono:

god bless our usa

i put such a link at the bottom of the original post..

"if you do not want this bill to be enacted into law, please contact your representatives and tell them.

here is a link that gives you the contact info you need.

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Valerie, thanks for bringing this to our attention! For the first time ever, I have contacted my representative. When I clicked "email me" it took me to a screen that said "We are moving our offices so it may be a while before we get back to you"... Time will tell

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I actually looked at the original poster as being helpful telling us there ARE jobs in CA for nurses..... The pay is equal to where I live for new grads if that is who they will hire?

I don't live in Ca but would be VERY worried about a hospital that fills it's needs in that manner. I work in IL and most of our nurses are phillipino. I have heard of two employees that were aides here, went to the phillipines for two weeks and came back as qualified RNs. I wouldn't want to be treated in a facility that had gotten all their nurses overseas. The nurses I work with, have been here for years and have worked as nurses for years, so they are safe nurses.I don't know if the two week thing is true, but I would hate to have spent 4 years in school for no reason.

I don't live in Ca but would be VERY worried about a hospital that fills it's needs in that manner. I work in IL and most of our nurses are phillipino. I have heard of two employees that were aides here, went to the phillipines for two weeks and came back as qualified RNs. I wouldn't want to be treated in a facility that had gotten all their nurses overseas. The nurses I work with, have been here for years and have worked as nurses for years, so they are safe nurses.I don't know if the two week thing is true, but I would hate to have spent 4 years in school for no reason.

I bet you, it's NOT true.

Some conflicting statements here... You said, you work in a facility where most nurses are Filipinos; and that the nurses you work with have been there for years, so 'they are safe nurses'. But then, you wouldn't want to be treated in a facility with all nurses coming from another country?

By the way, I don't think there is a hospital staffed with 100% foreign nurses.

I didn't say all. Obviously, I'm not Filipino. I said most. There are a couple of Indian nurse (from India), also. While The ones I work with specifically, are great nurses and have been here for at least ten years. One of the aides told me about two other aides who very recently went home (to the philippines) for two weeks and came back and claimed to have finished nursing school having not had any other nurses training here or there. I said I wasn't sure if it was true just because it was third hand information. I struggled for several months last summer looking for a RN job when I graduated. I would have to think of more American jobs being outsourced in this manner.

Before you flame me for being biogated, I have no problems with non-white nurses. I think the ones I work with are great. Also I spent two years on a island so I know what being a minority feels like. When I was there I left a job because I was discriminated against because of race, but this economy is bad enough without giving away jobs.

all [/u]their nurses overseas. The nurses I work with have been here for years and have worked as nurses for years, so they are safe nurses.I don't know if the two week thing is true, but I would hate to have spent 4 years in school for no reason.[/quote']

...just proving my point.

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