Even as the healthcare labor force surges, hospitals are struggling to meet skyrocketing demand for access.
This year, one-in-eight nursing jobs will go unfilled. All told, 1.6 million new nursing positions will be opened this year but at least 200,000 will remain vacant.
Owing in part to a faculty shortage, already-strained US schools of nursing can’t produce enough new nurses and regularly deny applicants because of limited capacity.
This bipartisan proposal would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for up to 8,000 employment-based visas each year for qualifying nurses, physical therapists, and other health care workers.
America needs more nurses—and that starts with making it easier to hire more international nurses. We need your help to pass the Bedside Nurse Protection Act.