Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

Wow, I totally agree that it's NOT OKAY for the U.S. to go spend money (they don't have) on housing foreign nurses. Why not invest that money in the current American nurses we have here begging to be employed? So much for the American Dream. That money needs to go to MORE training programs in the hospitals/facilities so we can be trained the RIGHT way....or else the root of the "problem/nursing shortage" won't be solved. They are just putting a bandage on it for now.

BA LVN,
Do you realize this thread is 5 years old? And though much of the information may still hold true, the market has drastically changed over that period of time.

Whether the profession is Nursing, Manufacturing, or Food Service I support the hiring of LEGAL foreign labor as needed and always have. Employers should try to hire from their local communities as able and should not be using foreign talent to drive down wages, but in many cases the foreign employee (legal or not) is simply trying to better his or her life situation. The risks that many of these people take says alot, they leave their homeland travelling great distances for the opportunity to start at the bottom of the ladder; conversely many Americans may feel that these jobs are below them and would not be willing to walk across the street to take these jobs ... UNTIL local hits 10%.

Well, I guess I was replying with the knowledge from another post I read. About a RN (a seasoned one) who had been trying to get a job at the VA (where she had been a patient for the past 10 years and was a very familiar face among the nurses there), only to discover at one of her last appointments that there were two new RN's working there (both foreign and brought over from abroad). This was after, again, she had been trying to get a job at the VA (an American citizen, experienced RN). Sooo.....not really sure what that's about. I still think there needs to be some sort of money allocated toward training programs in healthcare facilities (if that is their issues for not hiring "new grads") I don't know how many "new grads" are sick of hearing that facilities only want nurses w/ "1 year of experience."

Absolutely not.

At least not until EVERY single one of our citizens (who are nurses) have filled a position. But then we wouldn't need foreign nurses, if this were the case.

I don't have a problem with foreign nurses. I have a problem with the system that brings them in here. I feel it takes away from all of the willing nurses and new grads who are desperate for a job right now. It's really quite blatant.