Nurse Staffing

A Nurse Shortage vs Nurses Furloughed As the U.S. battled the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials and hospital administrators stressed their growing need for nurses, especially early on, in places like [...]

When U.S. hospitals were beginning to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals around the world were also preparing for and handling the virus as it hit their countries. As a [...]

Why Hospitals Recruit Foreign Nurses Most are familiar with the U.S. nursing shortage, and we’ve written about the statistics in the past. This shortage drives some hospitals to work with [...]

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 [...]

Our current goal as a nation is to "flatten the curve." Government and Healthcare leaders across the U.S. are implementing more stringent social distancing guidelines and policies daily, all in [...]

Shearwater Nurse Leaders, Melissa Lacy and Jenny Altman, recently sat down over a cup of coffee to discuss U.S. nursing myths. We wanted to capture this insightful conversation on video [...]

When nurses apply to take their nursing career to the U.S. with Shearwater Health, there’s a common theme: they want to advance their career and gain more opportunity in their [...]

Shearwater Health sponsored Dr. Miriam Carole Atieno Wagoro, dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, to speak at the 48th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in [...]

We are humbled by the courage of nurses we recruit from many different countries to come work and live in the United States. They are adventurous and passionate enough to [...]

One of the issues that face the U.S. healthcare system is a shortage of qualified clinicians. Shearwater Health has focused on this challenge by utilizing clinical talent from around the [...]

What is the IELTS? The IELTS test measures your ability to use the English language in listening, reading, writing, and speaking. IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System and [...]

I met Clarissa’s 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son a few days before she left them in the Philippines to begin her assignment in the U.S. with Shearwater Health. Witnessing the [...]