Shearwater Health Tackles the Nurse Staffing Crisis
The nursing crisis continues to affect the healthcare industry and will only worsen in years to come. As the number of active clinicians continues to shrink, the number of baby boomers needing care continues to rise, contributing to an unprecedented nursing shortage. As an International Clinical Process Outsourcing (CPO) organization and a provider of International […]
Nurse Triage Best Practices
Nurse Triage: Improving Patient Care and Reducing Claim Cost As the demand for nurses increases, it can become increasingly difficult to find nurses for nurse triage programs, which typically require extensive clinical experience, often in emergency room and/or critical care. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are close to 200,000 openings for registered […]
Clinical Process Outsourcing: The Future of Healthcare
The U.S. is expected to need 1.2 million additional registered nurses by 2030 and the healthcare industry anticipates a struggle to fill those roles. Some of those struggles are compounded by a nursing educator shortage, the stress of the job due to an aging population and the pandemic, as well as nurses’ preference to work […]
The COVID-19 Vaccine and Immigration What You Need to Know
As of October 1, the CDC is requiring that all nurses that are going to an embassy interview have the COVID-19 vaccine. All foreign nationals must submit proof of the COVID-19 vaccination prior to their embassy interview. In addition, President Biden put out an executive order that requires all employers with over 100 employees to mandate the vaccine […]
How Shearwater Places Foreign Nurses in U.S. Hospitals
If you’re a foreign nurse considering working in a U.S. hospital, there are many steps to complete in the immigration process with the help of an employer sponsor. You can read more about the eb-3 immigration process here, but what about actually getting placed in a hospital? This is how Shearwater places foreign nurses in U.S. […]
How We Help Nurses Meet EB3 Visa Requirements
It’s never been more crucial to understand EB3 visa requirements. Across the U.S., doctors and nurses are overwhelmed with patients suffering from COVID-19, and experts estimate 1 in 8 nursing positions will go unstaffed this year. While that prediction brings anxiety, it also brings opportunity. In order to fight COVID-19, the U.S. healthcare system needs creative solutions to solve their […]
