As a result. they have had to rely heavily on foreign nurses. In Newark. NJ. close to 50 percent of the nurses in the emergency room. intensive care. and other critical care units have H1 visas. According to one survey. about 10 percent of all positions are filled by foreign nurses. Without this legislation. about 67 percent of these nurses would be subject to deportation. leaving New Jersey hospitals in crisis. Recognizing that the nursing shortage is not going to go away on its own. many urban hospitals are seriously addressing the problem by offering better wages. improved working conditions. and upgrading licensed practical nurses to registered nurses. Health care providers increasingly are aware that they have to make some fundamental changes in the way they use registered nurses.
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