Foreign Nurses: The Pros and Cons

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The writer of this well-researched paper focuses on the nursing shortage problem that's been plaguing hospitals in America for several decades. The writer delves into the various reasons for bringing in qualified nurses from outside the U.S. which include higher mortality rates in America as well as a significant decline in individuals turning to nursing as their chosen profession. This paper discusses the criteria organizations and hospitals look for when importing registered nurses to the U.S. from varying countries such as the Philippines, India and Nigeria. The writer contends and explains that while the practice of importing nurses to the U.S. is not new, the bottom line is that the number of foreign nurses recruited has significantly risen in the last decade. This paper also details the pluses and minuses in importing nurses including the fact that underdeveloped countries such as Africa feel threatened due to the massive recruitment of their trained nurses to the U.S.

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"The trend of recruiting nurses from other countries is almost five decades old and United States has been attracting foreign nursing staff regularly for past many decades. However the rate of recruitment has increased significantly and now 5% of the total US nursing workforce consists of foreign qualified nurses and unfortunately or otherwise, this number is consistently increasing. The Philippines has been actively sending its nurses to the US and by mid-1980s, almost 85 percent of all foreign nurses came from this part of the world. This number declined when other countries also began participating in nurse export program. The number of foreign nurses employed in US hospitals grew steadily after 1998 and by 2003 it had reached 14 percent of the total US nursing workforce."

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