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The nursing board responded by instituting a “graduate nurse” status that allows nurses who have earned their degree to practice under RN supervision.

“We started appealing to the board three weeks ago saying this will be a huge problem if we can’t graduate nurses,” Casanover said.

Some - mainly graduate nurses - have already arrived in Aberdeen from Western Australia, and more are expected to follow next month.

The apprenticeships typically start as a graduate nurse or a registered nurse II, earning $27 to $30 an hour, Jones said.

She had taken her nursing exams in July of that year, and while she waited for her results, worked as a graduate nurse at a nursing home in North Seattle.