An Overview of Papers Presented at Building Global Alliances III: The Impact of Global Nurse Migration on Health Services Delivery

Abstract

Global nurse migration has become a major phenomenon, impacting health service delivery in both developed and developing countries. The phenomenon has created a global labor market for health professionals and fueled international recruitment. International migration and recruitment are viewed as solutions to staffing shortages for some countries and as exacerbating problems for others. As a result, migration and recruitment have become prominent features of the international health policy debate.

The impact of the migration of health care workers on the countries involved: the Romanian situation

“…Cultural differences and the long periods of time that are required for the cultural integration of working migrants may cause some problems to health care systems; to solve this situation, some intercultural training of nurses specifically to eliminate the cultural prejudices that can interfere with the treatment of patients is a good idea (Nichols, 2007). Foreign workers remain under a xenophobic shadow which can surface at any given time, especially in states that have just opened the gates of their health care systems for foreign workers but without having any culture of migration or the intellectual resources to integrate working immigrants.…”

Nursing Core Competencies of Staff Nurses Providing Care for Burned Patients

“…A sub-committee quickly got to work utilizing a comprehensive approach to the process of identifying, defining and adopting core nursing competencies. A rigorous assessment of the work underway in other states and nationally related to core competencies, current and proposed practice standards, as well as education accreditation standards was conducted (Nichols, 2013).…”