WHY IS YOUR US GREEN CARD GUARANTEED IF YOU’RE A NURSE?
WHY IS YOUR US GREEN CARD GUARANTEED IF YOU’RE A NURSE?
In the USA, there are only 12.06 nurses for 1,000 people. For a population of 328,055,000, there are only 3,956,080 employed due to the shortage of nurses, and this has proved difficult for hospitals and other medical facilities to manage their day-to-day operations.
The four main reasons for this shortage of nurses are:
- Nursing schools are unable to produce adequate graduates in the USA.
- Hundreds of nursing aspirants have to choose a different course of study due to a lack of teachers in various nursing schools in the country.
- As of 2021, more than 50% of the registered nurses are going to reach their retirement age soon.
- As per the Census Bureau in the USA, more than 54 million residents are 65 or older as of the 1st of July 2019. This is a 34% increase compared to the figure from the 2010 consensus, driving more demand for nursing care.
(Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing - https://www.aacnnursing.org/)
Here’s a breakdown of the facts and figures according to state so that you get a glimpse of what the USA is suffering from.
|
State |
TOTAL NURSES (2018) |
STATE POPULATION (2019) |
NURSES PER 1,000 POPULATION |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Population of USA |
3,956,080 |
328,055,000 |
12.06 |
|
Alabama |
62,700 |
4,903,000 |
12.79 |
|
Alaska |
10,200 |
732,000 |
13.93 |
|
Arizona |
75,600 |
7,279,000 |
10.39 |
|
Arkansas |
36,700 |
3,018,000 |
12.16 |
|
California |
365,500 |
39,512,000 |
9.25 |
|
Colorado |
66,100 |
5,759,000 |
11.48 |
|
Connecticut |
52,600 |
3,565,000 |
14.75 |
|
Delaware |
15,800 |
974,000 |
16.22 |
|
Florida |
272,400 |
21,478,000 |
12.68 |
|
Georgia |
108,600 |
10,617,000 |
10.23 |
|
Hawaii |
20,000 |
1,416,000 |
14.12 |
|
Idaho |
18,800 |
1,787,000 |
10.52 |
|
Illinois |
157,400 |
12,672,000 |
12.42 |
|
Indiana |
97,200 |
6,484,000 |
14.99 |
|
Iowa |
46,180 |
3,155,000 |
14.64 |
|
Kansas |
42,900 |
2,913,000 |
14.73 |
|
Kentucky |
61,000 |
4,468,000 |
13.65 |
|
Louisiana |
54,000 |
4,649,000 |
11.62 |
|
Maine |
21,500 |
1,344,000 |
16 |
|
Maryland |
68,300 |
6,046,000 |
11.3 |
|
Massachusetts |
111,500 |
6,950,000 |
16.04 |
|
Michigan |
137,500 |
9,987,000 |
13.77 |
|
Minnesota |
89,000 |
5,640,000 |
15.78 |
|
Mississippi |
41,300 |
2,976,000 |
13.88 |
|
Missouri |
92,900 |
6,137,000 |
15.14 |
|
Montana |
11,500 |
1,069,000 |
10.76 |
|
Nebraska |
25,000 |
1,934,000 |
12.93 |
|
Nevada |
28,400 |
3,080,000 |
9.22 |
|
New Hampshire |
18,400 |
1,360,000 |
13.53 |
|
New Jersey |
97,100 |
8,882,000 |
10.93 |
|
New Mexico |
23,200 |
2,097,000 |
11.06 |
|
New York |
238,300 |
19,454,000 |
12.25 |
|
North Carolina |
120,600 |
10,488,000 |
11.5 |
|
North Dakota |
12,500 |
762,000 |
16.4 |
|
Ohio |
184,000 |
11,689,000 |
15.74 |
|
Oklahoma |
44,200 |
3,957,000 |
11.17 |
|
Oregon |
46,500 |
4,218,000 |
11.02 |
|
Pennsylvania |
193,200 |
12,802,000 |
15.09 |
|
Rhode Island |
11,000 |
1,059,000 |
10.39 |
|
South Carolina |
40,600 |
5,149,000 |
7.89 |
|
South Dakota |
12,500 |
885,000 |
14.12 |
|
Tennessee |
92,000 |
6,833,000 |
13.46 |
|
Texas |
279,000 |
28,996,000 |
9.62 |
|
Utah |
33,900 |
3,206,000 |
10.57 |
|
Vermont |
11,000 |
624,000 |
17.63 |
|
Virginia |
89,800 |
8,536,000 |
10.52 |
|
Washington |
78,100 |
7,615,000 |
10.26 |
|
Washington DC |
13,000 |
706,000 |
18.41 |
|
West Virginia |
26,600 |
1,792,000 |
14.84 |
|
Wisconsin |
88,500 |
5,822,000 |
15.2 |
|
Wyoming |
11,500 |
579,000 |
19.86 |
(Source: Bureau of Health Workforce - https://bhw.hrsa.gov/)
So now, this chart has definitely given you the idea about the shortage of nurses in the USA. You also need to understand that, since many international nurses aren’t able to succeed in NCLEX (https://trainerjames.edu.np/course/nclex-powerprep-online) and/or IELTS (https://trainerjames.edu.np/ielts), the USA will always welcome nurses from all over the world.
Most importantly, as the gap between the number of available positions and the number of students graduating from nursing schools has continued to expand, nurses from all over the world should start preparing for their journey towards the USA, which is by no means a difficult one to take. Thus, if you’re a nurse, you’re definitely going to start working as a registered nurse in the USA under the Green Card scheme (EB-3 visa category) in less than 18 months.
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Read an article about how to apply to become a registered nurse in the USA here (https://trainerjames.edu.np/blog/how-to-become-a-registered-nurse-in-usa-everything-you-need-to-know)
