FilAm nurses join U.S. Nurses Week celebration in Nevada | TFC News Nevada, USA
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You attend it, girl, but I don't wanna act
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Nurses across the U.S. recently came together to celebrate Nurses Week
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From Filipino-American nurses in San Diego, California
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to members of the Philippine Nurses Association of Nevada
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all shed their scrubs for a cultural fashion show
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Nurses and healthcare professionals from all over Las Vegas
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strut off these beautifully crafted ternos
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and some intricately designed Filipinanas
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inspired by heritage
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with some intricately handcrafted
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Being celebrated during this Nurses Week
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is an honor in this newfound land we have
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where we actually also work with our passion
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They're wonderful in our community
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They're the most heartfelt nurses
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and I'm just so appreciative of everybody
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It's really inspiring to be here
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It was a festive night
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honoring these healthcare professionals
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The Filipino nursing industry is so big in Las Vegas
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and should continue to get bigger and bigger
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More outside the Filipino community should get involved
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with what you're doing here tonight
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and give scholarships
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and look for the Filipinos
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that come here to this country to make it easier
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for them to get into school
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to get into education
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The heart of the Filipino community is like no other
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Everybody wants to be a nurse
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but it's a calling, I think, because
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you have to have passion to do what we do
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Nevada stands second from the bottom among all states
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in the ratio of registered nurses per 1,000 jobs
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This shortfall is especially pronounced in rural areas
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where reliance on traveling nurses has increased
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especially since the onset of the pandemic
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as they gravitate toward urban settings for work
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But amid the celebration
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there remains challenges in the healthcare sector
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In a recent conversation with U.S. Sen. Calderon,
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she stressed the need to address the shortage of nurses in Nevada
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There is an opportunity
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to not only train teachers and nurses
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in our community colleges
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and our university system here
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which I support the federal funding that supports it
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and so many other areas
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But I also think it is important that
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if we don't have enough
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and we don't have enough in the pipeline
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or we don't have enough
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and we have too many vacancies still
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that we look outside the state
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and bring in expertise from outside the state
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I think there's an opportunity to think outside the box
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Nevada has sought to boost its healthcare workforce
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to align the national nurses' averages
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According to a report from the Nevada Hospital Association
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the state needs to recruit at least thousands of nurses and nursing assistants
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The repercussions of the shortage are far-reaching
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without an ample nursing staff
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and higher healthcare costs
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Facilities like nursing homes
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are forced to deny care to potential patients
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exacerbating the strain on the system
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Bev Lorente, ABS-CBN News, Las Vegas
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For more information, visit VA.gov
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For more information, visit VA.gov
