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Healthcare Professionals Success Stories

Dream. Become. Inspire. Meet Jo-Anne, RN

Meet Jo-Anne, a Registered Nurse with Avant Healthcare Professionals who has received five nominations for the Daisy Award at her facility. Below, Jo-Anne shares her journey of becoming a USRN and what she has learned along the way.

September 07, 2021

Healthcare Professionals Success Stories

Dream. Become. Inspire. Meet Smitha, RN

Meet Smitha, a Registered Nurse with Avant Healthcare Professionals, who is now living her American Dream after waiting for 15 years due to visa retrogression. Below, Smitha shares her journey of becoming a USRN and encouragement for Registered Nurses in the process.

August 26, 2021

Healthcare Professionals Success Stories

Dream. Become. Inspire. Meet George, RN

Meet George, a Registered Nurse with Avant Healthcare Professionals who received the Kudos of the Month Award from his facility. Below, George shares his journey to becoming a USRN and advice he's learned along the way.

August 24, 2021

In the News Nurse Staffing Healthcare Professionals Featured Posts

5 Tips for Boosting Patient Satisfaction after COVID-19

Patient care has seen a tremendous shift in the last year due to COVID-19. Healthcare workers are pushed to the brink of exhaustion and more open to leaving their current positions. Hospitals not only are having to deal with high staff turnover and position openings, but they are also dealing with a record-breaking number of patients entering hospitals daily. Unfortunately, the weaknesses and inefficiencies of our healthcare system are now top-of-mind for patients.

August 23, 2021

In the News Press Releases Awards

Avant Healthcare Professionals Ranks #3074 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Avant Healthcare Professionals, the premier staffing provider of internationally experienced nursing and allied health professionals, today announced that it has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The company ranked #3074 on this year’s list, which provides a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

August 19, 2021

Articles Featured Posts In the News Immigration

Take Action to Fast Track Nurse Visas to Help U.S. Hospitals

As the nursing shortage continues to plague U.S. hospital staff across the country, international nurses are now facing a new challenge to begin their journey as nurses in the United States. Hospitals across the country are dealing with nurses choosing to leave their bedside jobs due to emotional and physical burnout from the extraneous workload caused by the nursing shortage.

August 05, 2021

Immigration Healthcare Professionals

How to Read the Visa Bulletin

As you begin your process to become a USRN, you have probably heard about the Visa Bulletin and how it is tied directly to realizing your American Dream. The Visa Bulletin looks like a complicated document, but once you are familiar with the information listed, it is quite simple to understand. In this article, we try to simplify the Visa Bulletin for you by reviewing each part so you confidently know how to read it.

August 05, 2021

Press Releases In the News Featured Posts

Avant Healthcare Professionals Senior Vice President of Operations Named to the Board of the American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment (AAIHR)

Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that Senior Vice President of Operations Lesley Hamilton-Powers will be joining the American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment (AAIHR) as a board member. In this role, she will assist the board with international healthcare recruitment industry initiatives. Avant Healthcare Professionals is a founding member of the AAIHR.

August 03, 2021

Healthcare Professionals Success Stories

Dream. Become. Inspire. Meet Lucy, RN

Meet Lucy, a Registered Nurse with Avant Healthcare Professionals, who received the Good Catch Award at her assigned facility for her dedication to patient safety. Lucy recently converted to full-time staff at the hospital after completing her contract with Avant Healthcare Professionals and finished her BSN degree!

July 27, 2021

Healthcare Professionals

Home Health Nursing Jobs in the USA

The demand for Home Health Registered Nurses is increasing in the US. Trends in insurance reimbursement and the growth of the US population all point to the home setting as the new epicenter of healthcare delivery. With advanced technologies that are now available, the same levels of high-quality, high-tech care provided in a facility can be provided at home, at lower costs, and with greater community support and client satisfaction. This means that today and into the foreseeable future, there will be more opportunities for nurses to work, advance their skills, and pursue leadership careers in the field of home health nursing than ever before.

July 26, 2021

5 Long-Term Effects of the Nursing Shortage

Nationwide, healthcare facilities face challenging times when filling open nursing positions due to the undeniable effects of the nursing shortage. By 2030, the nursing shortage is predicted to worsen, with close to one million nurses retiring and leaving the nursing profession. There is an understandable frustration that hospital executives go through when trying to recruit and retain nurses, especially amid America's increasing nursing shortage. 

July 22, 2021

Healthcare Professionals Immigration

August 2021 Visa Bulletin

The latest visa bulletin has been issued by the U.S. Department of State. Here are the Final Action Dates for Employment-based (EB) preference cases.

July 16, 2021