AAIHR in Cedar Rapids Gazette: Pandemic fades but nursing shortage remains
AAIHR in Cedar Rapids Gazette: Pandemic fades but nursing shortage remains This opinion editorial was first published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. By Patty Jeffrey, RN Cedar Rapids Gazette September 11, 2023 When a West Burlington hospital recently closed its...
AAIHR in USA Today: US faces ‘perfect storm’ nurse staffing crisis
AAIHR in USA Today: US faces ‘perfect storm’ nurse staffing crisis: About a third plan to leave This excerpted article was first published in USA Today.By Ken AlltuckerUSA TodayMay 3, 2023The nation’s long-running nursing shortage worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic...
AAIHR responds to US State Dept. freeze on international nurse green cards
AAIHR responds to US State Dept. retrogression of international nurse green cardsApril 20, 2023WASHINGTON—The American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment responded today to the State Department’s May Visa Bulletin, indicating a catastrophic green card freeze for international nurses. This statutory...
Thousands Of Nurses Overseas Awaiting Visa Processing As Hospitals Struggle To Staff Beds
Thousands Of Nurses Overseas Awaiting Visa Processing As Hospitals Struggle To Staff Beds Immigrant nurses have been essential to healthcare delivery in the United States for more than 70 years, helping to maintain a delicate staffing balance in the face...
States Look To Overseas Nurses
“Our caregivers are exhausted. They’re fatigued physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually,” Tom VanOsdol, president and CEO of Florida health system Ascension Florida, testified before a panel of Sunshine State legislators this week. VanOsdol and other hospital administrators were in Tallahassee to brief lawmakers...
Medical rationing in America
The frontline in the fight against the coronavirus is crumbling, and Washington is unfazed. Traumatized and overburdened nurses in every corner of the country are eying the exits. Many have already vacated the bedside for early retirement or careers outside...
A National Crisis Deserves a National Response
The Department of State last week updated its visa processing protocols to provide a possible pathway for emergency visa processing of foreign healthcare workers. The move comes as American hospitals are being crushed and the weight of the delta variant. At the...
