BRITISH NURSES COULD BENEFIT FROM SHORT-TERM US RECRUITMENT FOLLOWING REFORM PASSAGE
April 1st, 2010
BY CRAIG HOWIE
WITH the long-battle over American health care reform finally over, nursing specialists are predicting increases in demand for foreign nurses in the USA because patient care should increase because of expanded health coverage for the poor.
Michael Lighty, policy director at the California Nurses Association told the Nursing Standard there could be a shortage of trained American nurses, creating openings for British nurses in the USA. The law expands health coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans and "the increased demand for patient ...
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