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			Nurses can now take US board test in India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA -- (SIFY.COM) -- 03/02/2006 The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) of the US has included India in the new list of foreign centres where NCLEX-RN, the registered nurse (RN) examination for domestic nurse licensure purposes, will be conducted henceforth. Registered nurses are required to pass the NCLEX-RN to obtain a nursing licence in the US. Till last year, the examination was available only in the US. The current international sites for the examination are in England (London), South Korea (Seoul) and Hong Kong. Apart from India, new testing sites will now open up in Australia, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Germany and Taiwan. Click here for full article
			Record number of Britons move abroad for better life LONDON, ENGLAND -- (The Independent) -- 18-02-2006 -- Record numbers of people are leaving Britain to live and work abroad, figures show. More than 350,000 men and women are emigrating every year, a rise of 30 per cent in 10 years. Experts are particularly concerned that the number of people in professional occupations leaving Britain has doubled since 1994. Nursing organisations have been warning that Britain's policy of recruiting nurses from abroad is backfiring as many of the foreign recruits are simply using the UK as a stepping stone before going to the United States, where salaries are much higher. Click here for full article
			Philippines: Workers for the World UNITED STATES -- (NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL) -- 04/10/2004 -- In all, about 8 million Filipinos—an astounding one tenth of the country's citizens—currently work overseas to support families back home. They remit more than $7 billion annually, according to the government, but that's only official transfers. A recent Asian Development Bank report put the real figure in the $14 billion to $21 billion range—a sum that dwarfs both foreign direct investment and aid flowing into the country, and amounts to 32 percent of GNP. Click here for full article
			A better lifestyle is just over the water LONDON, UK -- (NURSING TIMES) -- 20/04/2004 A FEW years ago, A&E nurse Sean Morton joined the thousands of nurses seeking jobs overseas when he left London for Phoenix, Arizona. There he found good-quality jobs, promotional opportunities, and a higher standard of living. "I own a five bedroom house and I now have more money in my pocket for leisure and luxuries than I could ever dream of in the UK", he says. "I guess you could say I am a victim of capitalism at its best and have achieved the American dream". Click here for full article
			Curbs promised on 'trafficking' to recruit nurses LONDON, UK -- (TIMES ONLINE) -- 12/05/2004 THE Government is to overhaul the code of practice governing the recruitment of nurses from overseas amid accusations that NHS managers are “human trafficking” to fill vital health service jobs. John Reid, the Health Secretary, said that employment agencies bringing in staff from abroad would be subject to much tighter ethical rules to stop the exploitation of developing countries that are losing key health workers to Britain. Click here for full article
			NMC warns Filipino nurses signing up to work in the UK LONDON, UK -- (NMC PRESS RELEASE) -- 05/03/2004 The UK nursing regulator and the Philippine Embassy in London have teamed up to warn nurses to be aware of the pitfalls before they sign up to work in the UK. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has sent a press release to the national media in the Philippines expressing concern that some recruitment agencies are duping nurses into signing up to placements that will not enable them to meet the requirements needed for admission to the UK nursing register. Click here for full article
			Proper Posting Practice: Nurses And Unknown Worksites UNITED STATES -- (ILW.COM) -- The severe shortage of nurses in the United States led the Department of Labor to establish 'Registered Nurse' as a Schedule A occupation. Schedule A is a list of occupations for which the Department of Labor has determined that there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing qualified, and available and that the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers similarly employed will not be adversely affected by the employment of aliens. Click here for full article