House Subcommittee Approves Bill To Increase Number Of Work Visas For Foreign Nurses
Main Category: Nursing / MidwiferyArticle Date: 05 Aug 2008 - 8:00 PDT
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The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law on Friday voted 7-2 to approve a bill (HR 5924) that would increase the number of U.S. work visas available annually for foreign nurses, CQ HealthBeat reports.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), would increase the number of visas to 20,000 annually for three years. In addition, the bill would authorize grants to help nursing schools increase enrollment and develop new nursing education programs. Wexler said that hospitals currently have more than 115,000 vacant nursing positions. According to HHS, the U.S. could face a shortage of more than one million nurses by 2020 (Nylen/Gensheimer, CQ HealthBeat, 8/1).
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How Many Traitors Does The U.S. Actually Have.
posted by Bobby on 5 Aug 2008 at 4:49 pmWow! There are so many traitors, literally outright "VILE" people in this nation. Sometimes they call themselves Americans, sometimes they couldn't care less what they're called. You'll meet them at parties, in hospitals, at church-- all kinds of places really. Their distinguishing characteristic is that they couldn't give a rats as- about the citizens of this nation.
My point: There are thousands of community colleges, private colleges, and other establishments that teach nursing. There are thousands of Americans women and men who are training as nurses and many more want to be, but suddenly,the Congress of the U.S. which has done such a fine job of stripping all kinds of jobs from as many Americans as possible with outsourcing, insourcing,etc.----has suddenly decided we need thousands of nurses from foreign nations. Sounds like a bunch of traitors to me, or maybe I'm missing something here.
Foreign Nurses
posted by John Burrows on 12 Aug 2008 at 3:18 amI live in the UK and it seems as if every second nurse and doctor come from another country .
The nurse come because the training they get in the UK will allow them to do their job anywhere in the world and probably the pay they get is better than they would get in their own country .
I have been hospitalised a few times recently (( I'm 83)) and I have found all the nurses efficient cheerful and very attentive where ever they come from .
Please Think Before You Post
posted by Celestial Teapot on 16 Aug 2008 at 10:32 amThe article states that there is a current shortage of 115.000 nurses in the U.S. expected to increase to 1,000,000 by 2020.
To address that emergency situation Congress has enacted a measure to A) increase the capacity of nursing colleges and B) increase by some percentage the number of temporary work visa for foreign nurses to help fill a serious gap. It seems reasonable to me.
Since "treason" is defined as giving "aid and comfort to the enemy", you are mistaken and inflammatory in your characterization of Congress' actions as "treasonous".
You help to lower the tenor of public discourse by your use of childish name-calling.
You have suggested no alternatives to what Congress has done that would address the situation.
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