VA unable to compete in recruiting medical personnel

re: VA unable to compete in recruiting medical personnel

VA Rose — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:11:48 GMT

Sounds like Compton has a personnel beef with the VA that s/he is tarring the whole system with. I work at a VA Human Resources Department, and CV's comment is ridiculous. There is no massive reverse discrimination, or discrimination of any kind; the VA is so desparate for good workers, we can't afford to discriminate in any way.

re: VA unable to compete in recruiting medical personnel

Leg Assistant — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:56:54 GMT

To help this issue, Senator Durbin (D-Ill) has proposeed S. 2377, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the quality of care provided to veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities, and for other purposes.

re: VA unable to compete in recruiting medical personnel

C.V. Compton Shaw — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:42:42 GMT

The VA, as in all Federal agencies, has a long history of aggressively supporting "affirmative action" (see the Federal law suit of Worth v. Jackson alleging massive reverse discrimination in the Federal government). Concommitant with the same, the VA has a history of hiring foreign born nurses in great numbers. The culture of the VA, and other Federal agencies, is not conducive, therefore, to hiring and retaining nurses, especially veterans and caucasian males, based upon "merit". If the Federal Government and the VA wants to efficaciously address the nursing shortage at the VA and through out the Federal Government government, and through out the USA, it will end affirmative action, the massive importation of foreign nurses, and institute programs to encourage citizens of the USA to enter into and remain in nursing regardless of gender or race.