Immigration: More Foreign Nurses Needed?

So, they are actually inferior? Go and have a look at the definition of "racism".

I declined a tech position,at the hospital where my mom works because of the fact it had foreign nurses who happen to be from the phillipines ( if thats how you even spell it). I can not stand it when they talk in there LANGUAGE and form cliques because they are "superior" hahah thats what they think they are but unfortunately they are so wrong !! WE NEED OUR jobs back !

I declined a tech position,at the hospital where my mom works because of the fact it had foreign nurses who happen to be from the phillipines ( if thats how you even spell it). I can not stand it when they talk in there LANGUAGE and form cliques because they are "superior" hahah thats what they think they are but unfortunately they are so wrong !! WE NEED OUR jobs back !

Obviously if there wasn't a need for "imported nurses" there would not be any "imported nurses" allowed to work in the US....I think all things have a purpose in our economy... Someone said it earlier---supply and demand. We demand them so other countries supply them. Its how this country was founded....WE WERE ALL FOREIGNERS AT ONE TIME! Unless ur a full blooded native american

The system is flawed. Obama should spend some of this economic stimulus money setting up grants for hospitals to create "new grad intern programs." All hospitals applying for this grant would recieve enuf money to support new grads in there training. They would sign on to work at a hospital for 1-2 years under this grant then when they were ready to fly they would have a couple years of experience to burst out into the world. EXPERIENCED in whatever unit they were trained. That way the hospital would not be burndened with the expense, the new grad gets experience, and holes can be filled where they need to be filled...... and the world would be a happier place.

I live in Missouri and we are always short! I work overtime galore, bust my rear, work short, break my back...blah blah blah. There are nurses in big city areas that can't find jobs but they are not willing to move and take the 25,000/year paycut to live in small-town USA. I say, bring on the out of country nurses or bring the big-city nurses here to no-mans land.

Respectall, I was going to send you a Private message but you don't have 15 posts, I think you meant "slots" not "sluts" <g>.

I agree that Students often do better when working as a Nurses aide or tech. I teach in a part time program and many students can not give up their day job. Also in my area being a nurses aide on a unit does guarantee an offer as a nurse. I agree the students will learn to respect nurses aides.

In my area ECF positions are filled maybe they need to advertise in non shortage areas. Most ECFs depend on LPNs for the majority of their staffing so, foreign nurses would not be a good fit since the RN needs to know the ins and outs of the system which is not taught in their country.

ECFs and SNFs are second to a nuclear plant for regulations.

I declined a tech position,at the hospital where my mom works because of the fact it had foreign nurses who happen to be from the phillipines ( if thats how you even spell it). I can not stand it when they talk in there LANGUAGE and form cliques because they are "superior" hahah thats what they think they are but unfortunately they are so wrong !! WE NEED OUR jobs back !

Maybe the problem is not so much of foriegn nurse recruitment, it's probably that many LTCF are utilizing LPN/LVN to cut cost? does anyone thought of this?

Say you have persuaded someone from higher authority to get rid of all foriegn nurses in your Area. Now you have a job right? Then who's going to take the time to orient you if her/his work load is already saturated. How competent and safe are you going to be in delivering pt care to multiple pts?. Now the burden really goes well and beyond. First your hospital is going to go in diversion (cost thousands of dollars per hour) because of shor staffing. Second you're probably going to have to pull a double shift and overtine cause no one is going to relieve you. Third your CEO will make drastic measures in cutting cost by using cheap and useless equipments and freezing annual raise. Fourth, the vulnerable who are the sick eldelry and disable whos' going to take care of them. Ultimately your going to creat a catastrophe in your community and neighboring town which could then creat a domino affect causing a nation wide disaster!