Reply #6: Expect Nursing salaries to plummet [View All]

[beyond_the_pale]

Why does every country in the world export healthcare workers to the US? It used to be that we had a shortage of physical therapists. Students were encouraged to go into physical therapy and it was a good paying job. The curriculum in the US for physical therapists is very demanding as well. Then physical therapists came pouring in from abroad and insurance companies decided they didn't want to pay for physical therapy and guess what? You can't even pay back student loans on what physical therapists make now.

Same with nurses. It's a struggle to go back to school and get a bachelor's degree for nursing but many nurses are doing just that to stay competitive. Then, the health care system brings in foreign nurses from other countries and promote them over American nurses.

I have never looked into this personally, the above are the gripes I have heard from friends who have first hand experience with this.