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International nurses in Canada

Posted by foreign on October 24th, 2009

The arrival of 300 Filipino nurses recruited to work in the province’s health-care system will be staggered over the coming months, according to Lynn Digney Davis, the province’s chief nursing officer.

“There are some coming, actually, the middle of this month, some coming in September, October, November, and December,’’ Digney Davis said. “So the majority of them should be here in the province towards the end of December.’’

In March a delegation from Saskatchewan comprising representatives from the government, five health regions, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) travelled to the Philippines to recruit nurses to work in Saskatchewan.

About 300 new nurses were hired in March. Another delegation went to the Philippines in May.

Scholarship Program for Foreign-Educated Nurses

Posted by foreign on October 23rd, 2009

HCCA Scholarship Program for Foreign-Educated Nurses

HCCA International is offering a scholarship for foreign-educated Bilingual English/Spanish speaking nurses seeking U.S. licensure and employment.

Foreign nursing students were being granted too much credit for previous courses and experience

Posted by foreign on October 23rd, 2009

A HUGE influx of foreign nursing students seeking registration in NSW has triggered a sudden clampdown on qualification standards by the nursing board due to concerns about patient safety.

The decision by the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW has caught universities off guard, with dozens of nurses either missing out on jobs or abandoning the profession this year because their $15,000 degree has not been recognised.

Several frustrated nurses have contacted the Herald over the past week saying they have been stonewalled by the board as they try to find out exactly why they have been rejected.

The Herald revealed last Saturday that the Australian Catholic University has been forced to offer free courses to at least 50 graduates who could not be registered.

House Panel Approves Bill to Provide More Foreign Nurse Visas

Posted by foreign on August 21st, 2008

The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law approved legislation that would raise the cap on employment-based visas for qualified, foreign educated registered nurses and physical therapists by 20,000.

The legislation, H.R. 5924, was introduced by Representatives Robert Wexler (D-FL) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) in response to the nation’s persistent nursing shortage.

CMA International Nursing Program

Posted by foreign on August 20th, 2008

There is a great need for international nurses who want to practice in USA. To be a successful nurse, it is not enough just to pass the Nclex-RN exams. You must be able to understand the culture of USA, the culture of the hospital environment and to be able to communicate effectively.

CMA International Nursing program will give you experience in working in a health care setting as well as classes in culture, western analytic reasoning and the chance of job-placement.

US to Increase Work Visas to Ease Strains of Nursing Shortage

Posted by foreign on August 8th, 2008

As many countries feel the strain of labour shortages, the US are facing similar problems in one of their fundamental industries of nursing and are turning to overseas workers as a means of solution.

The reported decline is not one which has happened overnight; instead numbers suggest that the influx of nursing professionals has been on the decline for the past decade. More specifically according to the American Hospital Association, there are over 116,000 vacancies at present for registered nurses.