30 percent of nurses are likely to leave their career, a seven-point increase since 2021, according to a new AMN Healthcare survey based on more than 18,200 completed questionnaires. The startling new finding indicates the nursing shortage will continue to worsen for the foreseeable future absent any action. The survey also found that nurses view…
In a new op-ed in The Hill, Hispanic Leadership Fund president Mario H. Lopez argues that “skilled immigration offers a viable solution” to the ongoing nursing shortage. Lopez writes that “[f]oreign-educated nurses fill critical gaps in care” and come to the U.S. already highly trained. Lopez also notes that a recently announced delay in visa…
In a new opinion piece, Frontiers of Freedom president George Landrith argues that a network of activist trial attorneys is pursuing “completely inappropriate” human trafficking and RICO claims against a healthcare staffing company. The lawsuit, if successful, could exacerbate the nation’s staffing shortages. The lawsuit boils down to the labor contracts signed by foreign-trained nurses…
In the aftermath of COVID-19, the World Health Organization is now imploring national healthcare industries to better prepare for the next pandemic. Citing climate change, rapid deforestation, and increasing globalization, the WHO claims it is a matter of when, not if, the next global pandemic will strike. Now, states are sounding the alarm. Today, they…
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice and a constitutional law attorney, writes in a new op-ed that trial lawyers have opted “to sensationalize ordinary employment contract disputes” against a healthcare staffing company to pursue “higher payout or professional notoriety.” These lawyers, representing foreign-educated nurses, claim that their clients are victims under the Trafficking…
At a Senate Health Committee hearing last week, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney highlighted the urgent need to remedy the shortage of healthcare workers in the United States. In the aftermath of COVID-19, the healthcare sector is still in recovery mode, and to fully rehabilitate it, professionals must employ all resources at their disposal—including utilizing foreign-educated…
As yet another medical catastrophe threatens to engulf the American healthcare sector, experts are sounding the alarm on the fragile state of our medical landscape. As it stands, the healthcare sector cannot support another widespread crisis. The “tridemic”—fueled by the simultaneous outbreak of a new COVID-19 subvariant, the flu, and RSV—has had a significant impact…
A “tridemic” of a new Covid-19 subvariant, the flu, and RSV has overwhelmed hospitals that are severely understaffed and unable to treat patients adequately. That’s the dire situation that Saul Anuzis, president of 60 Plus, raises in a new op-ed in RealClearHealth. The state of staffing in American hospitals is alarming. Anuzis ticks through the…
After three days of striking, New York City nurses returned to work after a series of successful negotiations with hospital executives rendered improved staffing ratios for healthcare workers. While this strike is a success story in achieving more manageable workplace conditions, the issues at hand are not isolated to New York City. Staffing shortages and…
The widespread burnout running rampant among the nursing community came to a head in New York City on early Monday morning. Hundreds of striking nurses from the New York State Nurses Association took to Madison Avenue, camping out in front of Mount Sinai hospital demanding more sustainable working conditions. The movement was the largest nursing…
