A project for potential implementation - Essay Example

per elderly person, the increasing demands can be met only by increasing productivity in health sector, relying more on immigrant health workers, or attracting a larger share of American workers to careers in health care.” (Davis, Karen. 12). Further, in the Fact Sheet of ‘HRSA Nursing Workforce and Education Programs for FY 2007 Appropriations’, the Department of Labor reported that America’s demand for RNs will grow 29 per cent between 2004 and 2014 (HRSA.2). During the last five years of my tenure as Human Resources Manager (HRM) in this hospital I have always been confronted with a major concern of not being able to recruit sufficient number of health care professionals, especially RNs.

I also want to draw the attention of the senior management to the fact that we have recently conducted a drive to recruit 50 nurses against some existing and anticipated vacancies. However, we have been able to earmark only 30 candidates even after exhausting all the channels. This is creating a major impediment in our expansion plan which is scheduled for the second half of next year. Under the present circumstances it is unlikely that our HR Department will be able to identify and enlist sufficient number of RNs from the domestic market.

From past experience, and an evaluation of relevant dossiers, I understand that nurses from India who constitute about 15% of RNs in this hospital, are very committed, well mannered, and reasonably educated. They are also found to have been consistent in delivering results as emerging through a review of their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). So, India will be a potential source for recruiting the workforce in this category. However, a constraint arises from the fact that due to the lack of training and orientation facilities, a vast majority of Indian nurses are unable to qualify tests like CGFNS, NCLEX, and IELTS, which are prerequisites for recruitment to US hospitals.

In this connection, I have had several rounds of