Nursing shortages and international nurse migration

Ross, Sara J.; Polsky, Daniel; Sochalski, Julie

doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2005.00430.x

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“…Evidence suggests that reliance on internationally educated nurses is not likely to relieve the shortage because the size of the shortage in the United States is too great to solve though immigration for practical reasons of limited visas and ethical concerns of depleting the nursing resources of other countries (Aiken, 2007;Ross, Polsky, & Sochalski, 2005). Immigration remains a stopgap measure that has helped some hospitals, particularly in urban areas, alleviate nurse shortages.…”

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The U.S. Presidential Election and Health Care Workforce Policy

McHugh

Aiken

Cooper

et al. 2008

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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The candidates for the 2008 presidential election have offered a range of proposals that could bring significant changes in health care. Although few are aimed directly at the nurse and physician workforce, nearly all of the proposals have the potential to affect the health care workforce. Furthermore, the success of the proposed initiatives is dependent on a robust nurse and physician workforce. The purpose of this article is to outline the current needs and challenges for the nurse and physician workforce and highlight how candidates' proposals intersect with the adequacy of the health care workforce. Three general themes are highlighted for their implications on the physician and nurse workforce supply, including (a) expansion of health care coverage, (b) workforce investment, and (c) cost control and quality improvement. Keywordsnursing; health care workforce issues; regulation of nursing practice; electoral/campaign activity; coverage/access America's workforce of nurses and physicians is the linchpin of its health care system. During the past decade, critical shortages of nurses have developed, and projections suggest that these shortages will progressively worsen (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002). Inadequacies in the supply of physicians are only a few years away, with the emergence of critical pockets of shortage during the past several years and with projected shortages approximately equal (in percentage terms) to those projected for nurses (Cooper, 2004;Cooper, Getzen, McKee, & Laud, 2002; Council on Graduate Medical Education, 2005). In both cases, shortages vary in geographic distribution and are most severe among inner-city and rural populations, but they are spreading to affect the entire population. It seems certain that these shortages will negatively affect health outcomes across the United States. They also will limit the options for making planned structural changes to the health care system. During the 2008 presidential campaign, candidates have offered a range of proposals that would effect changes in health care. Although few would directly affect the workforce of physicians and nurses, most have implications for the health care workforce. The candidates' proposals have followed three general themes: (a) expansion of health care coverage, (b) workforce investment, and (c) cost control and quality improvement. Although most candidates have ended their campaigns since the start of party primaries in January, the proposals of all candidates remain relevant because they have informed the still-fluid discussion of health carePlease address correspondence to Matthew D. McHugh, Claire M. Fagin Hall,

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The U.S. Presidential Election and Health Care Workforce Policy

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Aiken

Cooper

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Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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“…In Malawi, for example, there has been a 12% reduction in available nurses due to migration. 12 In 2000, roughly 500 nurses left Ghana, double the total number of nursing graduates for that same year. 13 The recent upsurge in migration has affected the ability of nurse training programmes to continue because of poor staffing levels.…”

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Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

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“…The creation of border free Europe endowed the healthcare professionals to relocate their workplace all over Europe (Dummond, 2007;Suciu et al, 2017). Most studies focused on the actual workplace experience of principally uneducated employee (Ross & Polsky, 2005;Lowe & Duan-Rung, 2016). Studies that are not restricted to the health sector spotlight on the workplace and recognize that immigration status reputate migrants sense of occupation susceptibility (Kingma, 2001).…”

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The Attrition and Migration Behaviour among Hungarian Radiographers

Sipos¹,

Vandulek²,

Petone³

et al. 2017

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Introduction: Organizations are social systems where human resources are the most important factors. In recent years, healthcare employers have assigned a high priority to the recruitment of educated health professionals. The aim of our study was to identify the possible reasons behind the migration and attrition behaviour among Hungarian radiographers. We were interested whether the professional staff have ideas across borders which can be connected with attrition. Material and Methods:In our cross-sectional retrospective study we used a self designed questionnaire and the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) Questionnaire's shortened version. Our target group were active radiographers with BSC radiography degree. The study sample counted 216 radiographers (n=216). For data analysis we used the SPSS 13.0. Variance analysis, paired sample T-test, Chi-square test, linear regression and descriptive statistics were used with the performed probability of 95% (p<0.05).Results: 30.6% of responders (n=66) were considering working abroad, 40.3% (n=87) of responders remain in Hungary. At the age group of 20-30 we can observe significant relationship between the working opportunity abroad (p=0.001). The migration tendency was specific for radiographers with no children (n=54). We found a significant relationship between the working ability abroad and the radiographers' years spent working in the healthcare system (p=0.008). 41.7% of respondents (n=90) think that it would be a favorable option to making a career change. We also found a significant relationship between the possibility of working abroad and the desire for higher wages and the lack of making career advancements as a radiographer (p=0.001; p=0.001).Conclusion: Correlation of our results with similar research was difficult because very few researchers put their interest into radiographers. In respect to other healthcare workers (eg.: nurses, physiotherapists) our result correlate well with the literature. Our research provides a broad view of the migration and attrition tendency among Hungarian radiographers and its underlying causes. According to our study changes should be implemented in the Hungarian system to keep the younger radiographers home.

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Nursing shortages and international nurse migration

Cited by 86 publications

References 14 publications

The U.S. Presidential Election and Health Care Workforce Policy

The U.S. Presidential Election and Health Care Workforce Policy

Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

The Attrition and Migration Behaviour among Hungarian Radiographers

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