Join the many Bayani nurses working their way towards an immigrant visa in the U.S. {f you are a CGFNS passer, we are offering clinical positions in Dialysis, Med/Surg, and OR nursing.
Meladee M. Stankus ,RN MS, President and CEO of NIUSA and Arthur Cantos, RN BS, President and CEO of Bayani Consulting-to speak on “Current Issues in Foreign Nurse Recruitment” at the March 12-13, 2004 Philippine Nurses Association of America ( PNAA) Western Regional Conference.
Some hospitals around Santa Clara County and California say they are having to turn ambulances away from emergency rooms for hours at a time because they don't have enough staffing to meet new standards requiring more nurses at the bedside.
Arizona Board, of Nursing, the board staff had agreed to alternative credentialing options other than the CGFNS CES. Last year, the Arizona Board of Nursing agreed to changes in legislation that removed the CGFNS exam and provided the basis for regulation to allow alternative credentialing agencies.
WASHINGTON, June 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Registered nurses at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., have reached a groundbreaking contract agreement that includes nationally unprecedented nurse-to-patient staffing ratios that will greatly enhance patient care.
The former Missouri state legislator from Independence was looking for a nurse to help her husband, Ronald Mays. He was in the hospital's intensive care unit that night, fighting for his life against kidney failure. He needed a bandage changed; another time he needed pain medicine.
Nurses used to describe the stress they experience as "burnout." Now they call it "a need for work/life balance." And today, health-care institutions that want to ease the shortage of nurses are listening
Community college nursing programs from Stockton to Merced have expanded, and California State University, Stanislaus, established a new program last fall.
With two new hospitals due to open in Boulder County and two major additions up and running, health care administrators already are scrambling to fill positions amid one of the worst nursing shortages in the nation
The United States is in the midst of a nursing shortage that is projected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. Compounding the problem is the fact that the pipeline of new nurses is shrinking with enrollments at nursing colleges and universities now in a six-year decline
With fewer nurses to care for sicker patients, many hospitals and nursing homes are headed for a meltdown. Some 126,000 nursing positions are now unfilled in hospitals across the country, according to the American Hospital Association. With the aging of 78 million baby boomers, the demand for nurses will grow. But if present trends continue, researchers say, by 2020 there will be 400,000 fewer nurses than needed.
Nurses' licensing examinations will be offered abroad beginning in 2004, a move that is expected to bring more foreign-born nurses to the USA and help alleviate the acute nursing shortage that is crippling American health care.
Health Cares Human Crisis: The American Nursing Shortage.
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The current nursing drought is not like previous shortages, it is about to get worse, and the tried and true solutions of the past are unlikely to solve it.
Some worry nursing shortage could put patients at risk.
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Health care experts are worried that a national nursing shortage could become widespread later in the decade -- just as the aging U.S. population requires more care.
"America is experiencing a crisis in nurse staffing," along with "an unprecedented nursing shortage," Kathy Hall, MS, RN, executive director of the Maryland Nurses Association, told participants at a packed Senate subcommittee hearing today.
February 13, 2001, Press Release from American Nurses Association
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NCLEX® for Foreign Nurses – A guide.
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The National Council License Exam (NCLEX®) is a test that each nurse must pass in order to obtain a license to practice nursing in the state where they will work. In the United States, licensing is under the authority of each individual state, not the federal government. Nurses cannot apply directly to the NCLEX, but must apply through one of the states.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has selected the Pearson Professional Testing Company to manage all NCLEX test sites. The Chauncey Group will be transitioning over in the next few weeks, in preparation for ending their NCLEX contract.
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Immigration Update - Adjustment of Status
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Allowing in Certain Circumstances for the Filing of Form I-140
Visa Petition Concurrently With a Form I-485 Application
The current Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service)
regulations provide that an alien worker who wants to apply for permanent resident by filing the appropriate Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, cannot do so until he or she obtains approval of the underlying petition, Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker.
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How Do I Get a Work Permit
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U.S. employers must check to make sure all employees, regardless of citizenship or national origin, are allowed to work in the United States. If you are not a citizen or a lawful permanent resident, you may need to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) to prove you may work in the United States.
