Nursing shortage, as it was explained to me by a nurse back in PA fighting to maintain State requirements for licensing nurses, was not because of lazy Americans lack of interest.
People line up to get into nursing school.
Problem is those with the skills to teach have no incentive to leave their lucrative jobs when the teaching position’s salary barely equals half of their current earnings. That results in fewer nursing classes offered and fewer newer nurses in the field.
Hence, the offshore trained nurses are no longer limited to government hospitals.
That’s how it was explained to me.
My husband was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago, most of his nurses were from the Philippines. (sp?)