Trends in characteristics and country of origin among foreign-trained nurses in the United States, 1990 and 2000.

Objectives: We describe long-term trends in the characteristics of foreign-trained new entrants to the registered nurse (RN) workforce in the United States.

Methods: Using the 1990 and 2000 US Census 5% Public Use Microdata Sample files, we compared trends in characteristics of US- and foreign-trained new entrants to the RN labor force (n=40827) and identified trends in the country of origin of the foreign-trained new entrants.

Results: Foreign-trained RNs grew as a percentage of new entrants to the RN workforce, from 8.

Access to health care for migrants returning to Mexico.

Continued migration from Mexico over the past several decades has created a large population of elderly Mexicans in the U.S. There is no system in Mexico for those Mexicans who would like to retire there to obtain health insurance during their retirement years.