The estimated 200 nurses at the Commonwealth Health Center in the Northern Marianas are set to have a salary increase to help retain staff.
The Center's chief executive officer Esther Muña has declined to reveal how big a hike there will be but confirmed that an increase would happen.
Salaries have been frozen since 2006 and the starting salary of a registered nurse has remained at just under $US25,000 per annum.
The federally imposed limits on foreign workers in the Northern Marianas could soon force the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation to shut down some departments.
The Northern Marianas could lose more than 30 nurses after a cap on foreign workers was reached just weeks into the new fiscal year.
The only hospital in the Northern Marianas, the Commonwealth Health Center, is still short of nurses. A recent report has found the nursing staff has dropped from 167 to 158.
The Governor's office in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands says a state of emergency will buy time to resolve the nursing crisis. The Governor Benigno Fitial declared a...
The nursing crisis on Rota and Tinian has prompted the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Benigno Fitial, to declare a state of emergency. The move follows the...
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