Nursing Shortage Resolution By Sen. Dick Durbin
Legislation Will Provide Scholarship Money And Charge Hospitals With Using Foreign Help

Suzanne Le Mignot
Reporting

(CBS) CHICAGO An Illinois senator introduced some new legislation this week. The plan is to improve the current nursing shortage by providing better career incentives, as CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.

Norene Brown says she’s worked as a certified nursing assistant for 11 years. Brown says she’s always wanted to be a registered nurse and Senator Dick Durbin’s new legislation, cane make her dream a reality.

"What it would do is enable me to advance myself into the next level of nursing, without having to worry about how I’m going to pay for it,â€