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At Avant Healthcare we develop partnerships with our clients to integrate foreign trained nurses into their hospital's overall staffing solution. With a focus on the long-term goal of building your hospital's permanent core staff, many international nurses bring their families and settle into the community providing you with key staff members as this nursing shortage moves into critical stages. Although no formal studies have been conducted, some hospitals that hired foreign trained nurses in the late 1980's report as high as a 50% retention rate after 15 + years.

Avant provides the highest level of clinical support offered by any international nurse recruitment company in the industry. Our nurses do not start working in your facility after only a week or two in the country. Nor do the nurses just get an overview of what the clinical and cultural transition will be like. Avant provides a 4 to 12 week clinical transition program or a clinical internship program in the US. In addition, our clinical specialists are available to do onsite training and provide clinical support to nurse managers and nurse preceptors at your hospital.

We specialize in foreign nurse recruitment, placement and transitioning. Whether we are providing information to the nurse, training on the differences between the US healthcare system and socialized medicine, medical-legal considerations, state-of-the-art equipment, assisting a spouse in creating a resume, or enrolling a child in the public school system, transitioning is a vital aspect of the overall service we provide.

Avant draws on our past experience from placing hundreds of foreign trained healthcare professionals in some of the most prestigious healthcare facilities in the US so that we can better support you, your nurse managers and staff. Avant also has experience in domestic nurse recruitment and per diem staffing and we provide these services as a compliment to our foreign nurse recruitment program in our local market.

It starts with our screening and selection process to accept only the most qualified nurses into our recruitment program. We thoroughly evaluate each nurse's educational and clinical background. Our recruitment base is extensive and includes partnerships with experienced and highly reputable international companies recruiting from Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom and the Philippines.

As an Avant client hospital you will have access to information on nurses in the recruitment pipeline or working in your hospital via the Internet. You will be able to see at glance the latest update on nurses scheduled to arrive at your facility. Resumes, QA, licensure information will also be at your disposal when you need and want it.

Avant has resources to assist in every aspect of our program. The "Shock" in culture shock is a reality for our nurses and cannot be underestimated. As such, we rely on a team of professionals that specialize in the psychological, clinical and language aspects of transition to a new culture and country. Just as we prepare our nurses for each step of the process, Avant will prepare you and your staff. We have all the resources you need to make foreign nurse recruitment an integral component of your overall staffing solution.

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