Nurses on the Move: Historical Perspective and Current Issues

The number of international migrants on the move each year continues to increase. Women migrants are becoming agents of economic change as they enter the international labor market and participate in a new distribution of global wealth. Professionally active nurses are important players in an increa...

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Published in:Online journal of issues in nursing 2008-05, Vol.13 (2), p.N_A
Main Author: Kingma, Mireille
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The number of international migrants on the move each year continues to increase. Women migrants are becoming agents of economic change as they enter the international labor market and participate in a new distribution of global wealth. Professionally active nurses are important players in an increasingly competitive, global labor market. Thousands of nurses migrate each year in search of better pay and working conditions, career mobility, professional development, a better quality of life, personal safety, or sometimes just novelty and adventure. In this article, the author looks at the characteristics and the effects of nurse migration, addresses the factors driving international nurse mobility, and discusses current issues regarding nurse migration. The author advises that rather than focusing on national and international recruitment, serious attention be given to retention strategies to successfully address the critical shortage of health professionals willing to remain in active practice.
ISSN:1091-3734
1091-3734
DOI:10.3912/OJIN.Vol13No02Man01