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."
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."
