At around 4/10/06 9:22 pm, David B. Shemano wrote: > > What is the evidence that nurses are in short supply? That more > nurses are needed after the nurses passed legislation requiring the > employment of more nurses? Another government created shortage. What > a joke. >
To the contrary, as I recall the reporting was that it was the nurses unions that defeated H-1A, leading to further legislation. Coupled with the collapse of the tech H-1B boom, I believe there has been a significant increase in foreign nurses coming into the USA. Ah, "H-1 nurse" on Google gave me this from 2003: http://www.visalaw.com/news/02102003mbj.htm > The Bureau of Labor Statistics says there are 400,000 vacant nursing > positions in the United States today, and the number will only grow > as the population ages. Foreign nurses are considered one way to > bridge the gap. --ravi -- Support something better than yourself: ;-) PeTA: http://www.peta.org/ GreenPeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/ If you have nothing better to do: http://platosbeard.org/
