Thousands of nurses overseas awaiting visa processing as hospitals struggle to staff beds

"Our caregivers are exhausted. They're fatigued physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually," Tom VanOsdol, president and CEO of Florida health system Ascension Florida, testified before a panel of Sunshine State legislators

States look to overseas nurses

"Our caregivers are exhausted. They're fatigued physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually," Tom VanOsdol, president and CEO of Florida health system Ascension Florida, testified before a panel of Sunshine State legislators

Medical rationing in America

America’s nursing shortage has become so acute that hospitals—large and small, rural and urban—are being forced to ration medical care. We’ll say it louder for those in the back: the

A national crisis deserves a national response

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021—The Department of State last week updated its visa processing protocols to provide a possible pathway for emergency visa processing of foreign healthcare workers. The move comes as American hospitals

“It’s no longer a PPE crisis. It’s a caregiver crisis.”

AUGUST 30, 2021—Hospitals in every corner of the country are once again buckling under the weight of the coronavirus. But unlike earlier surges when intensive care capacity flexed to grow