A disproportionate number of US healthcare workers are immigrants. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), in 2015 almost 17% of the healthcare workforce was foreign-born. This includes 12% of physicians and 24% of registered nurses.
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Mercy Health-Cincinnati is hiring for more than 350 positions at hospitals, medical centers, physician practices and other locations, according to a Journal-News report.
U.S. physicians continue to struggle with burnout and job satisfaction, according to a survey from the national, nonprofit Physicians Foundation.
Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking nurses in the last week.
Many Florida hospitals and health systems updated their employee policies in the wake of Hurricane Irma last September to accommodate for potential changes to employees' and their families' living situations, the Naples Daily News reports.
The following healthcare organizations shared hiring plans since Aug. 20:
CenterPointe Hospital in Columbia, Mo., slated to open in October, will host several job fairs this month to staff vacancies.
Personal finance website Bankrate.com ranked two medical/health fields of study among the top 10 most valuable for college students.
Phoenix-based Banner Health will host multiple career open houses to fill 1,300 positions in Arizona and 200 positions in Colorado and other regions.
Television ads from both sides of the proposed November ballot initiative to mandate nurse staffing ratios in Massachusetts hospitals feature arguments from nurses, The Boston Globe reported.