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Manila Times - Philippines http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/nov/23/yehey/top_stories/20081123top2.html
The US has a shortage of pharmacists and nursing staff, especially among registered nurses. It has been estimated that a 6-percent shortfall (110000) out of …

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From the article:

The United States, with its growing population, history of migration and a health sector that has no parallel in terms of the scale of health expenditure, is expected to play a central role in the migration of health workers in the future.

The US has a shortage of pharmacists and nursing staff, especially among registered nurses. It has been estimated that a 6-percent shortfall (110,000) out of 1.89 million registered nurses in 2000 could increase to a shortage of 800,000 registered nurses in 2020.

At present, only about 100,000 nurses in the US are migrants. About a quarter of doctors are graduates of foreign medical schools.

For many Filipinos the United Kingdom is often their stepping stone to North America. They prefer the US because many already have relatives there.

As a result, “at least 78000 patients will die unnecessarily this year nationwide because there are not enough people like us, nurses. …

LubbockOnline.com - Lubbock,TX,USA - http://lubbockonline.com/stories/111408/loc_355869321.shtml

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This is a scary one…

“When you have too many patients there are a lot of near misses, lots of near misses,” Leonard said. As a result, “at least 78,000 patients will die unnecessarily this year nationwide because there are not enough people like us, nurses.”

Would we rather save costs to increase risks of unnecessary deaths, which can possibly lead to liabilitiy costs, OR is it worth reducing the nurse/patient ratio in order to provide better care to patients and in the bigger picture, save on settlement costs due to unnecessary lawsuits?

I’m sure it’s a very complicated issue, and this is hoping lawmakers and the government can address this serious problem soon.

By Jenny77(Jenny77)
The widely publicized nursing shortage in the United States is largely a result of three factors: the aging population of nurses; the aging population in the US; and a shift in healthcare delivery away from doctors, towards skilled …
Nursing Careers In Pennsylvania - http://nursingcareersinpennsylvania.blogspot.com/2008/11/facts-about-nursing-shortage.html

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Time and again, it seems that nurses will always be in demand, not only periodically or in cycles. And the reasons have been clearly laid out in this article. 

For some, this increasing demand may not seem too evident because you may not immediately know or hear about open positions. And that’s why we are here to assist you find better career opportunities according to your plans, both professionally and personally.

So allow us to help you make your job search convenient and efficient. Let us do our job for you, so you can continue to focus on your work, and not on the nitty-gritty details of jobhunting.

“If you’re a nurse, you’ll have a job for life in any country. The shortage of nurses is not going away,” he says. A closer look shows there can be vast pay …

Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA - http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/columnists/sfl-flzmarcia1113sbnov13,0,17604.column

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And with the current market conditions, you can share this book with your friends who are looking at alternative careers.