WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 5924, The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act

Comment by Lala (December 30, 2008, 01:00:00)

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Pass this bill...

Comment by Charlie (December 24, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Too bad. It won't happen any time soon since this legislative session is over. Based on the progress made last time it will never get out of committee. And that is a good thing....

Comment by RN Nurse (December 23, 2008, 01:00:00)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

We need this Bill...The Nurse Resource...

Comment by Gallo (December 22, 2008, 01:00:00)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

I am in favor of this bill...

Comment by Nurse (December 11, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Please Pass this bill, It will improve the health care systems as well as patient's life. The hospitals would have less law suite......

Comment by Yassamin (December 3, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

It's a good bill. Pass it!...

Comment by Charlie (November 27, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

VA Employee, If the employers would pay an appropriate wage there are a great number of trained nurses out there who would come back to nursing. As an example, my bext door neighbor is an RN who is not working as a nurse because the phamraceutical company she works for pays her $15,000 more per year to be a physician liason. There are many more out there just like her. Why would they want to work as nurses for the wages being offered. All this bill will do is further depress the wage scale for nurses even further. And one caveat to remember - if you are willing to settle for cheap help don't be surprised if the care provided is not so great. Say NO to imported workers....

Comment by .. (November 21, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Answer seems to be to stop importing labour & empower American nursing unions to blackmail hospitals in to paying higher wages. Of course the fact that it will be the patients who pay for this and not really hospitals can be conveniently ignored. It is of course the economically weaker sections of the society who will suffer who cares for them anyways? The answer is to hike salaries using shortage as a weapon and try to tempt back nurses who had abondoned their nursing profession for better money elsewhere. Who cares for nursing profession or the patients? lets just keep the competition out and rake in the moolah....

Comment by For .. (November 21, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Bull fritters! You are simply trying to use this as a subterfuge to cover up the lower wages imported workers are willing to accept. Take a look at the amount of money being raked in by hospitals. Even the so-called non-profits are making money hand-over-fist. Paying full-time nurses a real wage instead of using travelling temps and other shortcuts will not cost any more than they are paying now. NO to imported workers....

Comment by For .. (November 21, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

And you give yourself away as a foreigner with your spelling and word usage....

Comment by VA Employee (November 21, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

As an Engineer working for the VA, I get a $1,000 bonus for every RN that I get to take a position and stay for a year. Charlie seems to know a lot of unemployed Americans to take these jobs. Charlie - Be a pal and refer the hudlled masses of unemployed nurses to USAjobs.com and have them mention my name when applying for a job. Your cut of 10% could make you a millionaire....

Comment by Waldo (November 20, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Registered nurse occupation is listed in the Schedule A classification of shortage occupations by DOL, meaning, that it is an obvious fact that there are no American citizens to take up this job. So instead of lecturing foreign nurses to go somewhere else, if the nursing shortage is false then get your govt to change the status of this classification....

Comment by For Waldo (November 20, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

If there is a shortage, we can train our own nurses. First thing is to deny entry to the nursing schools to any non U.S. citizen. That would end any problems. VOTE NO....

Comment by For for Waldo, (November 20, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Knowing Americans will be training to become nurses and will be done in a couple of years must be a great relief to the patients in need right now....

Comment by . (November 20, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

The reality is that the shortage is artificial. When the employers choose to pay adequate salaries those trained nurses not currently working at nusring will come back. The answer is not to use cheap imported labor....

Comment by For . (November 19, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

the foreign nurses are not from hellhole. and with all due respect whether or not u support the bill, it is very immature to use such offending words for your opposition. grow up!!! this is not any high school. post your opinions if you want to but without any offense to anyone....

Comment by Love (November 19, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Charlie, I am not planning on sending my money anywhere, I intend to work here and desire to live here as a rightful citizen. I was just trying to portray what I have been through and that I deserve to have equal opportunities as my classmates. that's all. And anyways what I do with my money is my business and who knows where some of the "so-called Americans" do with their money!!...

Comment by Charlie (November 19, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Love, You can do anything you want with your money, as long as you go somewhere else to earn it. NO immigration to fill jobs as long as American citizens are out of work....

Comment by Terri Pantelis (November 18, 2008, 01:00:00)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

!!!NO!!! I DO NOT support this bill...

Revision by webmaster (November 18, 2008, 01:00:00)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5924 would provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States.

Detailed Summary

Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to lift the numerical limitations for employment based immigrants (and accompanying family members) for nurses and physical therapists until September 30, 2011, subject to a cap.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security: (1) to impose a fee upon each petitioning employer who uses such a visa to provide employment for an alien as a professional nurse; and (2) acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award a grant each fiscal year to each eligible nursing school that applies and meets specified requirements.

Establishes in the Treasury's general fund a Domestic Nursing Enhancement Account.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) direct the Secretary to allow an eligible alien (and spouse or child) to reside in a candidate country (defined to include a lower middle income country or one experiencing a natural disaster) during the period the alien is working there as a health care worker; and (2) make inadmissible an alien seeking entry into the United States to perform labor as a health care worker unless the alien attests that he or she does not have an outstanding obligation to the alien's government or country of residence, subject to a waiver.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out comprehensive programs to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to advance their careers.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 7/31/2008: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 2 .

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Comment by . (November 15, 2008, 01:00:00)

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Wilson, You seem to have a very high opinion of these "foreigners." Why not take all of them and go somewhere else and start your own little mutual admiration society. The foreigners are coming here because they want out of whatever hellhole they are from. It certainly has nothing to do with any altruistic ideas on their part....

Comment by For giovanni (November 14, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

You certainly do a lot to bring credibility to your cause. The only overload here is your washtub mouth overloading your hummingbird ass....

Comment by Robert Wilson (November 14, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Hey come on guys who supporting American and talking about their job opportunity, stop for a while and think about you situation without foreign nurses. Just Imagine, if all the foreign nurses those working in America and those waiting to come to America decided not to work for America, what will happen? Soon you lazy guys walk on the dead bodies. Understand that. If you have enough resources, in other words if you guys are ready to do this job / ready to study nursing, why the hell foreign nurses are coming to your country where stupid lives. So, stop arguing unnecessarily and do your work. Let the government decide on the bill....

Comment by Robert Wilson (November 14, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

---- Correction ---- Hey come on guys who supporting American and talking about their job opportunity, stop for a while and think about you situation without foreign nurses. Just Imagine, if all the foreign nurses those working in America and those waiting to come to America decided not to work for America, what will happen? Soon you lazy guys walk on the dead bodies. Understand that. If you have enough resources, in other words if you guys are ready to do this job / ready to study nursing, why the hell foreign nurses are coming to the country, where stupid people those against the bill lives. So, stop arguing unnecessarily and do your work. Let the government decide on the bill....

Comment by Love (November 13, 2008, 01:00:00)

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

As long as one citizen is in need of work there should be no "special class" immigration, such as this bill is intended to do. My family did not "migrate" here in the sense that you intend. My ancestors met the white man when he came on shore. And as far as I am concerned there is no need for any more immigrants in this land....