Facing national shortage, St. Francis recruits nurses from abroad
Janet Coomer, whose husband was recently admitted to St. Francis for congestive heart failure, embraces nurse Jodine James (left), a native of Jamaica, while she makes her rounds in the cardiology wing at Saint Francis Hospital on Jan. 10, 2019. St. Francis is trying to address a perennial nursing shortage by recuiting outside the United States. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
St. Francis Hospital's CEO has taken a different slant to stem the nursing shortage, using a national recruiting company to help bring in nurses from outside the United States.
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Dr. Audrey Gregory St. Francis Hospital-Memphis Tenet HealthcareMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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