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California and national nursing shortages could be addressed by hiring from Mexico, but English proficiency is one of many hurdles potential applicants face

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“For years, the Imperial Valley’s largest hospital has grappled not only with the national nursing shortage but with a lack of Spanish-speaking nurses able to communicate easily with the Latino patients who fill most of the beds.

The solution may be right next door, in Mexico.

“For the valley, nothing makes more sense,” said Tomás Virgen, assistant chief nursing officer at the 163-bed El Centro Regional Medical Center. After years of searching as far as the Philippines for nurses, El Centro Regional has begun recruiting in the Baja California capital of Mexicali, a dozen miles south.”*

*From: www.signonsandiego.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Posted on: January 14th, 2008
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Business News, Health, Language Issues, Top Stories
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