Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs), This may continue to grow over the next decade as there becomes an increasing need for healthcare. Demands for nurses will increase to meet the new requirements for nurse staffing levels within nursing home facilities.  Immigrant workers could potentially address this crisis

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported major issues at Johnson’s Bishop Drumm Retirement Center. So far one resident has died, and another was hospitalized. Staff need more help. Employees complain that the facility has unsafe and insufficient staff that cannot meet the residents’ safety needs.  A licensed practical nurse who works for Bishop Drumm allegedly told