AAIHR Comments on President Obama's Remarks on Foreign Nurses
The American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment (AAIHR) an organization of US based international healthcare recruitment service providers which has the stated goal of promoting legal, ethical, and professional practices for international healthcare recruitment, has commended President Obama on his remarks at the White House Health Summit on foreign nurses and the nursing shortage. AAIHR praised President Obama’s public recognition of the United States’ nursing shortage and his commitment to addressing the shortage in a bipartisan manner.
In its comments on the President’s speech, AAIHR stated that it agrees with the President that solving the nursing shortage requires increasing the faculty and training resources at nursing schools, as well as increased federal funding for domestic nurse training and retention. However, AAIHR also stated that increased federal funding is not an immediate solution to increasing the number of nurses. An immediate measure to addressing the shortage issue is the recruitment and placement of foreign nurses.
The AAIHR went on to describe its support for bipartisan legislation that would provide both immediate and long-term solutions to the nursing shortage. The Emergency Nurse Supply Relief Act of 2008, introduced by Representatives Wexler (D-FL) and Sensenbrenner (R-WI), would allow a limited number of qualified immigrant nurses to fill vacancies in the US health care system, while also providing significant funding for domestic nurse training and retention.
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