NEW YORK, July 7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Care Recruitment Solutions International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ABPR), the international nurse training, recruitment and placement specialist, announced today that it signed a five-year Agreement to recruit and train 150 foreign nurses per year for Personal-Touch Home Care, Inc. Based in Bayside, New York, Personal-Touch Home Care, Inc. is a national company with more than 50 locations in 13 states. The Company's caregivers consist of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Licensed Physical, Speech, and Occupational Therapists, Medical Social Workers, and Trained Paraprofessionals. The Company, through its pool of approximately 3,000 nurses, provides skilled observation and assessment of the patient's physical and mental status, monitors the medication and dietary needs of the patient, administers appropriate clinical treatments, and provides instruction to patients and families.
"According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. will be facing a potential shortage of 1,000,000 nurses by 2012. To help ease this nurse shortage problem, we are pleased to provide Personal Touch Healthcare with our foreign-trained nurse permanent-placement staffing solution," said Jeremy P. Feakins, Chief Executive Officer of Care Recruitment. "Starting immediately, Care Recruitment will offer fully trained and motivated nurses from foreign countries that meet strict professional standards and have passed our on-site reviews and primary source verifications."
About CRSI:
Care Recruitment Solutions International, Inc. leads the foreign nurse training and recruitment industry. On behalf of U.S. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities, Care Recruitment sources, trains and licenses foreign nurses who wish to live and work in the USA. With offices and training facilities in the USA and UK, Care Recruitment assists its clients employ on a permanent basis quality nurses from foreign countries that have a surplus of nursing staff. Nurses recruited on behalf of U.S. employers by Care Recruitment are trained and licensed as a U.S. nurse before arriving in the USA and each nurse receives relocation assistance and support before immigrating to the USA and starting their new job.
About World Nursing Corps:
World Nursing Corps ("WNC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Care Recruitment, is a global, resource and support organization dedicated to international nurses immigrating to a new country. Free membership in WNC is limited to nurses that pass through Care Recruitment's recruiting process and have been approved and placed in a position in the USA or any other country. Other levels of membership are available to all nurses and medical personnel worldwide for a token membership fee. Through the WNC Partner Program, WNC offers a range of services to nurses including goods, services and financial products such as mortgages, car loans, branded credit card, insurance as well as managing travel and domestic arrangements for immigrant nurses and their families when relocating to a foreign country. World Nursing Corps is headquartered in New York City, with European offices planned for Geneva, Switzerland and London, England.
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