Rich countries are importing a solution to their nursing shortages—and poor countries are paying the price

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ANILA, Philippines — It all happened so fast for Diane Mae Gamboa. One day in March 2022, she walked into the US embassy for an interview. A few days later, her visa was approved, her passport was stamped, and a green card was on its way. There was a nursing job waiting for her at a long-term care facility in Schenectady, New York, some 8,700 miles from her home in Puerto Princesa, a city tucked into a shimmering bay on the white-sand island of Palawan.

 

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Gamboa, then 35, would soon be heading to the United States, where a crisis was unfolding. Wave upon wave of covid infections had eviscerated staff at hospitals and nursing homes across the country, leaving them reaching for increasingly desperate ways to cope. Nurses were loaded up with ever-more patients, straining the limits of safety. Shifts were stretched beyond the standard 12 hours. In Washington state last October, a nurse called 911 from inside an understaffed emergency room, pleading for support. “We’re drowning,” she said.

 

Gamboa, nervous and excited, felt swept up by the speed with which the US system pulled her to work in the country. “Even if it scares me,” she said, “I’m just going to go.”

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During the early days of the covid-19 pandemic, from February to April 2020, the US healthcare sector shed more than 1.5 million jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics—nearly 10% of the total healthcare workforce at the time. And the nursing shortage is set to grow significantly worse in the coming years. Research published in April by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers found that 100,000 nurses had left the profession in the past two years, and an additional 800,000 nurses intend to leave by 2027, citing stress and burnout.

 

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To bolster their workforces, hospitals in the US and Europe have dramatically accelerated hiring from countries like the Philippines, India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Jamaica. These countries have long sent trained, experienced nurses to work abroad. But since the start of the pandemic, what was once a steady trickle of nurses leaving their home countries has become a flood.

 

Quartz, in partnership with Type Investigations and with support from the Pulitzer Center, traveled to India, Nigeria, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States to investigate the consequences of this global movement of nurses. We spoke with more than 35 nurses, along with recruitment agency employees, hospital officials, public health experts, government health agencies, and researchers. Our investigation found an international bidding war for healthcare workers, yielding opportunities for some nurses but exposing others to exploitation—and leaving poorer health systems scrambling to cope.

 

AMN Healthcare, a staffing agency based in Dallas and one of America’s largest international recruiters, said the number of foreign nurses it placed in US hospitals has increased by 300% since the start of the pandemic. The United Kingdom, facing a similar staffing crisis, created a new visa that fast-tracked applications and reduced fees to make it easier to fill positions with nurses from overseas. Other European nations made similar moves. Last fall, Germany struck a deal with the Philippine government to hire hundreds of nurses and provide specialized language classes, while Finland set a target of hiring 20,000 international nurses by

2030.

 

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https://qz.com/rich-countries-are-importing-a-solution-to-their-nursin-1850691166

 

[kevinUsa]

Y not Telugu teams going this route...

Aa engg degree Kante edi chala better kada 

[lollilolli2020]

23 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Y not Telugu teams going this route...

Aa engg degree Kante edi chala better kada 

Nursing Degree is looked down upon by telugu tejams especially maga tejams. 
women vunnaru kaani not considerable amount, they tend to work in hospital gain some experience and do some mid wife course and work in nursing homes, motham complete ga 4 yrs degree cheyaru ekkuva what I have seen. also nursing colleges ekkuva levu ippudippude they are popping up. 

keralites are more into nursing also surprisingly my 10th class senior who was malayali and topper of their batch took up Nursing as his degree after inter and doing well. 

 

[tennisluvrredux]

32 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Y not Telugu teams going this route...

Aa engg degree Kante edi chala better kada 

It's not an easy job bro, manamante meetings eggotti job 2 job 3 ani 2-3 jaabs chesukune 420 gallamu manaki ilanti tough jobs eda suit avuthayi vayya. 

Nurse jobs requires a lot of patience dealing with cranky patients, which our Telugu jaati ratnams don't have. So yeah manaki suitable kaadu

[tennisluvrredux]

7 minutes ago, lollilolli2020 said:

Nursing Degree is looked down upon by telugu tejams especially maga tejams. 
women vunnaru kaani not considerable amount, they tend to work in hospital gain some experience and do some mid wife course and work in nursing homes, motham complete ga 4 yrs degree cheyaru ekkuva what I have seen. also nursing colleges ekkuva levu ippudippude they are popping up. 

keralites are more into nursing also surprisingly my 10th class senior who was malayali and topper of their batch took up Nursing as his degree after inter and doing well. 

 

Keralites culture lo there's a high regard for nursing profession baa even I know some kerala kutties who became nurses in their career. But mana Telugu batch ki avevi set kaavu le ganesh nimajjanam peru cheppukuni munda dancelu vesama dabba vlogs chesama ive matters to our culture

 

[kittaya]

37 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Y not Telugu teams going this route...

Aa engg degree Kante edi chala better kada 

Aa route lo mana vallu unnaru... already... I have seen an woman.. she left kids and husband back in India for nursing.. she came here 3 yrs ago.. now she bought kids and husband on GC... last Sunday . we attended the kid birthday..

[kittaya]

4 minutes ago, tennisluvrredux said:

Keralites culture lo there's a high regard for nursing profession baa even I know some kerala kutties who became nurses in their career. But mana Telugu batch ki avevi set kaavu le ganesh nimajjanam peru cheppukuni munda dancelu vesama dabba vlogs chesama ive matters to our culture

 

Manam aa route lo lemu kada kaka.. 

 

Akada route andariki kanipisthe.. ee patiki exploit chesesam Ani Kumar video kooda pettevadu..