The Lived Experience of Filipino Registered Nurses Seeking to Migrate Overseas

Abstract

Global nurse migration is a growing phenomenon as the recruitment of overseas nurses continues to grow in response to global nursing shortages. The Philippines play a key role in this area, as the country is considered the major exporter of nurses to the world. However, despite the significance that Filipino nurses play in this phenomenon, little is known about their experiences working in the Philippines and prior to The migration of Filipino nurses in this study was greatly influenced by Filipino values of helping family and not merely about wanting to achieve better remuneration.This challenges the economic migrant label so often applied to Filipino nurses, and offers useful information for policy makers, workforce planning, and further investigation of nurse migration.

The Ethics of Bilateral Labor Agreements for Nurses : Perspectives from the Philippines

“…The same study also finds that gender-based familial ideologies and perspectives on social status also influence the migration decision of this group of nurses. Urbi (2018) reinterprets migration among Filipino nurses as mainly a pathway to fulfilling family obligations and a manifestation of their debt of gratitude. Emigration offers a welcome opportunity for individual Filipino nurses to migrate abroad to achieve macroeconomic, professional, lifestyle, and social benefits .…”