“...push out well paid, American nurses and replace them with low paid foreigners?”
Absolutely incorrect.
Wages for RNs are rising quickly precisely because Americans either don’t want to become an RN, or the nursing schools are artificially restricting the number of nursing students. Maybe both.
My wife is a Filipino RN/BSN here in Oregon. She works in a hospital. The shortage of RNs for staffing in the USA is CRITICAL. RNs are overworked and are burning out and quitting.
And regarding English competency, English is taught in Philippine schools. The college BSN programs are all taught in English and the books are all in English.
I can’t speak for other nations, but the Philippines produces outstanding RNs.
And how much of that is from those leaving or being forced out due to covid?
Where were you born and raised?
Where have you and your wife lived for the past few years?
Are you an ex-pat, possibly former military, that was stationed in the Philippines at one time?
Me too. Wife is also a Filipina RN/BSN working in Oregon.
(Answering the other questions)
* I’ve never lived outside the US, and wasn’t in the military.
* Wife is CERTAINLY not rude, nor subpar. Her managers aren’t Filipinas, and aren’t “only hiring their kind”.
* Wife speaks VERY good English, as it’s been taught since elementary school, and her nursing school taught EXCLUSIVELY in English.
* The NCLEX exam that you have to pass is NO JOKE. You’re not getting idiots, nor unqualified candidates that have passed it.
* The CGFNS credential evaluation service verifies that you came from a accredited school
* Some of the travel nurse positions are offering to pay $6k a week for 4 12 hour shifts. That’s how bad the staffing is nationwide. $125 an hour.