Reply #15: It has been going on for at least forty years [View All]

[Malva Zebrina]

every time there is a shortage, foreign nurses appeared on the scene and were hired. Generally,they worked for less wages. Also, their nursing programs were not on the same level as the nursing programs in the US so they usually had to agree to take a course or two to comply wiht US standards. I am talking folks, about something that happened this way forty years ago! and it is still going on?

ONe thing the British nurses had that the US nurses did nothave then, was mid-wifery courses and certification. That was not included in the US nurse programs then. I cannot remember what it was they were lacking though. I think it was psych courses. I do know they had to take extra courses in order to be certified to work here.