Push and pull factors in international nurse migration

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-111

  Kline, Donna S ^a,b  

^a Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

International; Nurse migration; Nursing shortage; Push and pull factors

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRATION; NURSE; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FORECASTING; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; IRELAND; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLITICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0038488392     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00107.x     Document Type: Review

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