Nursing Migration

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Medical and Health > Nursing

Nursing Migration

This paper looks at the popular migration of American nurses.

778 words () | 4 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the shortage of American nurses in the United States that may continue for an indefinite period. The paper explains that although health care systems may find the staff they require, American nurses will continue to seek better opportunities in other nations. The paper looks at the argument that the migration of nurses is a positive factor in health care throughout the world.

From the Paper:

"In the past few decades the most significant issue facing the health care system has become the nursing shortage. It began when hospital systems found that in order to be increasingly competitive they would have to cut costs. Those cuts were directed to a large part on labor, causing millions of nurses to be unemployed and/or leave the profession of nursing altogether. What the hospital administrators did not plan for, however, was the mass retirement of the baby boomer generation. By 2010 there will be over 71 million Americans of this generation that will be of retirement age, beginning to call on the American health care system as never before. Because of this situation the health care system is attempting to attract nurses into the profession once again, which has caused many nurses to migrate from other countries to the United States."

Sample of Sources Used:

Baby boomers put the hurt on the health care system. (n.d.). Senior Journal. Retrieved January 20, 2007, from http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Boomers/5-07-28BoomersCrowdHealthcare.htm
Health care skills drain - a call to action. (2005). British Medical Association. Retrieved January 20, 2007, from http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/skillsdrain
Nurse migration calls for global educational standards. (n.d.). International Center for Nurse Migration. Retrieved January 20, 2007, from http://www.intlnursemigration.org/news.shtml
Ross, S., Polsky, D., Sochalski, J. (2005). Nursing shortages and international nurse migration. International Nursing Review. 52: 253-262.