[lelio]

Watched 60 minutes last night and they had a story on the shortage of nurses to the tune of 400k needed in a few years. What's the solution? Why go over to South Africa and poach off their top nurses and give them $20/hr to work here in the states.
So the H1b monster extends from the IT sector to nursing.

[1redshirt]

So the H1b monster extends from the IT sector to nursing.

That is exactly right. The nurse "shortage" is contrived. They are about to do to the health care system what they did to the high tech industry, flood the market with under qualified but cheap H1B's. America had better wake up soon.

[AppyPappy]

There has been a "nurse shortage" for decades. One reason is malpractice insurance.

[taxed2death]

The "H1-B monster" has been feeding on the nurses from the Philipines for quite a while already.....nothing new there.

[pabianice]

Unfortunately, there is essentially zero chance of stopping the global economy from ending most well-paying jobs here in the US. Welcome to the future.

[Bella_Bru]

What's the solution? Why go over to South Africa and poach off their top nurses and give them $20/hr to work here in the states. So the H1b monster extends from the IT sector to nursing.

Yup, and when South Africa is screrwed because they don't have enough health care workers, we'll end up giving them money.

[Euro-American Scum]

So the H1b monster extends from the IT sector to nursing.

It's not stopping there. Today's Orange County Register reports a new program to import H1b doctors from Mexico to serve in the "underserved" areas of California.

Of course, the fact that they're willing to work for next to nothing never entered into the decision.

[savd_rn7]

"Why go over to South Africa and poach off their top nurses and give them $20/hr to work here in the states."

I've been an RN for approx. 11 yrs. My wife has been an LPN and an RN a total of 28 yrs. The patient load is currently horrendous nation wide as well as the stress and the high acuity of patients leads to high burn-out ratios in a short time. It doesn't appear to be getting any better with importing nurses. More and more leaving the profession all the time.

I make close to $33.00/hr. with NO benefits. I receive my benefits paying for them via my wife's employer at great cost. The shocking thing about our hourly wage for what all we have to know and tasks we have to accomplish with a large number of very sick patients we take care of, massive amount of paper work, constant seminars, and re-certifications, WE IMO ARE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY underpaid still!!!

I do thank God I have a job, have my health, and am able to be a blessing to others.

The nurses I work with and myself included believe with all the workload, responsiblity, and working conditions that $45.00 to $60.00/hr. is NOT unreasonable. I would gladly accept a paycut if they would reduce the workload> I am at times ashamed of myself because I wish I could have helped all my patients so much more.

There's my .02 worth. God bless.