It occurs to me that we wouldn't need their (poor countries') nurses if they'd only stop sending us their unskilled, uneducated poor.
You dont generally get uneducated relatives from the Phillipines; They abide by the rules. There are Philipinos waiting on the list to immigrate; some since 1983.
The Philipino nurses I know; the majority are involved in long term care and nursing homes.
My wife is Philipina. Met her when I was stationed at Clark.
Philipinos use old US school textbooks. English is the only unifying language for the country, each island has it's own dialect; there are 20K islands and about 2500 dialects.
Totally wrong. The US baby boomers are getting old and want top shelf medical care. Visit an extended care facility and you will see old caucasians there.