The Englewood community. as was mentioned earlier. is a poor urban community with a high incidence of crime. and it is served primarily by St. Bernards Hospital. This small community hospitals emergency room business averages approximately 31.000 per year. Fifty percent of their patients are Medicare recipients and 35 percent receive Medicaid. Also their charity care continues to grow and to soar. The Immigration Nursing Act of 1989 created the HlA visa program in order to allow foreigneducated nurses to work in the United States. The rationale for the HlA program. as acknowledged by the AFLCIO. the American Nurses Association and others. was to address spot shortage areas in health care. St.
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