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California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can't agree on how to fill jobs

Original post made on Aug 2, 2023

California faces a shortage of about 36,000 licensed nurses, according to the UC San Francisco Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care. Nearly half the workforce reports symptoms of burnout.

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Posted by Anonymous
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 2, 2023 at 12:59 pm

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The U.S. should increase the number of visas issued for nurses to immigrate here from the Philippines.
There is a track record for many years of nurses of various levels/qualifications from there - who are typically very bilingual - succeeding in this capacity.
I have already emailed appropriate level politicians about this recommendation sometime ago. No answer or indication of interest. Please consider recommending this to our politicians, too.


Posted by marc665
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 3, 2023 at 10:18 am

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