“We expect a large number of Filipino nurses to aspire to move into America’s labor market in the months ahead because of the irresistible lure of high pay,” Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor said
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor said on Friday that more Filipino nurses are seeking to practice their profession in America.
According to Defensor, based on the figures from the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc., the number is 25 percent higher compared to the 4,758 Philippine nursing graduates that took the National Council Licensure Examination in the same nine-month period in 2020. “Right now, there are thousands of unfilled hospital nursing staff vacancies across America,” he added.
“We are counting on our measure, once enacted, to help dissuade at least some of our nurses, particularly those with strong ties here at home, from going overseas,” he said.
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