where are the nursing shortages?

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I am hearing that there are shortages in some areas while some are cutting back jobs.

Can anyone tell me for sure where thet know there are nursing shortages in the U.S or Canada.

Thanks

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I moved from WA to WI..........Stay in WA

where are you in WI?????? MY dh family are all west of Eau Claire. My son was born in Eau Claire, matter of fact.

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The right answer would be..Department of Labor. Usually, when skilled alien workers apply for permanent resident status, they have to go through labor certification (simply put, a letter from the Labor Sec to the DHS Sec saying, "there's this job, y'see, and nobody wants it..". Well, it's a long process, but in the case of nurses, that process is skipped. The DOL basically said, "yeah, sure, we don't got no nurses here, so go ahead and haul 'em from Asia."

Where can one find hard statistics to back a nursing shortage up? Where are the people saying there is a nursing shortage getting their numbers from?
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The right answer would be..Department of Labor. Usually, when skilled alien workers apply for permanent resident status, they have to go through labor certification (simply put, a letter from the Labor Sec to the DHS Sec saying, "there's this job, y'see, and nobody wants it..". Well, it's a long process, but in the case of nurses, that process is skipped. The DOL basically said, "yeah, sure, we don't got no nurses here, so go ahead and haul 'em from Asia."

interesting. I have no idea if this is 100% true but something tells me, this is exactly how it works.

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St. Louis, Missouri

and

Phoenix, Arizona

both need tons of RN's.....especially the specialty areas.

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Cleveland Ohio

i would love to live and work in Cleveland

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Why?

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Got family in Ohio :chuckle

Just been reading your posts :coollook: are you not supposed to be working :rotfl:

I noticed you are on that soap box of your. Welcome back i have missed your interesting/agumental posts!!lol :p

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Got family in Ohio :chuckle

Just been reading your posts :coollook: are you not supposed to be working :rotfl:

I noticed you are on that soap box of your. Welcome back i have missed your interesting/agumental posts!!lol :p

:chuckle I didn't mean to imply anything bad about Cleveland. It just seemed odd for a Brit to want to move there. Usually all I hear from them is a desire for sunshine and beaches.... Seldom do I hear any of them express a real burning desire to move to the midwest.

I'm off tonight, so I'm free to spend my time being as argumentative as I want.... Really though, I didn't think I was the one who was being harsh on that other thread :coollook:

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:chuckle I didn't mean to imply anything bad about Cleveland. It just seemed odd for a Brit to want to move there. Usually all I hear from them is a desire for sunshine and beaches.... Seldom do I hear any of them express a real burning desire to move to the midwest.

I'm off tonight, so I'm free to spend my time being as argumentative as I want.... Really though, I didn't think I was the one who was being harsh on that other thread :coollook:

:chuckle I used to live in midwest when i was a kid and go back often :p sad I know.

Enjoy your night off I'm off to work :uhoh3:

Enjoy your arguments lol will read them later

PS I didnt think you were being out of order

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Hope you have fun with them :chuckle

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Did you read that on the Schwartzenegger website??? I know several RN's and LVN's that are unable to secure positions here in Southern California, Orange County especially. I am sure there are some selected fulltime positions available with 12 hour shifts and every other week end requirements, however most of my friends prefer to work 8's, 10's and have a little flexability to spend time with their families.

I don't believe in A: The Easter Bunny

B: Your stated opinion!

C: This media induced hype about a nursing shortage.

Just an informed opinion.

I still contend, ain't no nursing shortage here in California, specifically So Cal

Three of my nursing instructors work registry and people are begging them to work. My instructors say they could work 24/7 with all of the calls they get. My instructors even get unsolicited job offers in the mail.

BTW, I'm in San Bernardino county, in Southern California, which is next door to Orange County.

There is a shortage here.

:coollook:

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Where can one find hard statistics to back a nursing shortage up? Where are the people saying there is a nursing shortage getting their numbers from?

Although few seem to want to pay attention to the actual statistics, which do show a shortage, here they are:

http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w4.526/DC1

http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/rnproject/report.htm

So yes, there IS a shortage. There may not be a shortage in every area of the country but there is a shortage in many places.

However, some don't want to acknowledge the data because it doesn't fit with their "no shortage" agenda.

:rolleyes:

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