Korea to Send 10,000 Nurses to New York City

Nursing is the new door to US as baby boomers get older - 10,000 South Koreans will likely be hired as nurses at U.S. hospitals over the next five years Media Release Apr. 17, 2006
As many as 10,000 South Koreans will likely be hired as nurses at U.S. hospitals over the next five years, an official at a South Korean state company said Friday.
"A contract for the employment is scheduled for Wednesday U.S. time with San Francisco-based worker dispatch company HRS Global and New York-based St. John's Riverside Hospital," said Lim Seung-muk, a spokesperson at the Resources Development Service of Korea. "Before signing a contract, however, we have to address a number of sticking points with the U.S. side, including U.S. visa issues," he said, cautioning that such points may prove to be stumbling blocks to the contract. If the three sides agree to seal the contract, a group of 10,000 South Korean nurses will be sent to the New York hospital over five years, which will then dispatch them to 36 hospitals there. The move comes as the U.S. government encourages its hospitals to hire foreign nurses to fill a shortage of about 300,000 nurses. About 30,000 nurses are believed to be needed now in New York alone.

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