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Situation for Healthcare Workers
FACTS :
FACTS Too many graduates & licensed healthcare workers, particularly nurses
Too few available job positions in healthcare industry & low wages
Too many healthcare workers forced to work outside of healthcare industry (e.g. call centers, department stores)
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Desired Foreign Destinations
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For Nurses
-- As of May 2009 Visa Bulletin: Processing is UNAVAILABLE! USA Waiting time probably over 5 years!
Latest News: Obama on Nurses :
Latest News: Obama on Nurses said Obama, at a gathering of health experts and
Lawmakers at a White House meeting on health
care reforms.
Instead, Obama argued that the best possible
approach to meet this shortfall is to train people
inside the country. "The notion that we would have to import nurses makes absolutely no sense," Lalit K Jha in Washington | PTI | March 06, 2009 | 12:00 IST
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For Medical Technologists:
-- Lack of demand
-- Too few non-cap H-1B petitioners/employers
-- High competition for regular H-1B visas
For Physical Therapists:
-- Too many costly credentialing requirements,
to be paid for by PTs themselves
-- M.A. requirement for H-1B petitions
-- Retrogression on Green Card petitions USA
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Nurses for Australia, New Zealand, Canada
-- High IELTS scores requirement
-- Licensing requirements & lengthy process for actual RN work
Nurses for UK
-- Still no work visas to the UK for foreign nurses outside of the
Overseas Nursing Program (ONP)
Nurses for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Qatar
-- Not-too-attractive work places (i.e. Security / Safety / Culture)
-- Highly limited personal freedom
Nurses for Rest of the World
-- Foreign language requirement (French, German, Swahili, etc.)-- Very few job orders
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What other options for healthcare workers, specially nurses?