Waiting and watching: Nurse migration trends before a change to the National Council Licensure Examination as entry to practice for Canada's nurses.
Nurs Outlook
; 62(1): 53-8, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A number of factors in the health care environment, including a change in regulatory policy, may affect a country's nursing workforce and nurse migration and mobility.PURPOSE:
This study compared the characteristics of Canadian-educated nurses who had migrated to the United States to work with their colleagues in the United States and Canada in anticipation of a change in Canada's RN entry to practice requirements in 2015.METHODS:
We conducted a retrospective comparative study of nurses in Canada and the U.S. using 2008 data from the US National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and the Canadian Institute of Health Information.DISCUSSION:
There was little change in the number of Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States in 2008 compared with 2004. We found differences between U.S. nurses and Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States in educational level, work status, work location, and age. No differences were found between Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States and those working in Canada.CONCLUSIONS:
This research highlights the value of international comparisons of the nursing workforce, especially in the context of anticipated regulatory changes, which may affect a country's nursing health human resources.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Emigração e Imigração
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Enfermeiros Internacionais
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Licenciamento em Enfermagem
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Outlook
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article