Overseas nurse recruitment: Ireland as an illustration of the dynamic nature of nurse migration

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-272

  Humphries, Niamh ^a   Brugha, Ruairí ^a   McGee, Hannah ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nurse migration; Nursing supply and demand; Overseas nurse recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; IRELAND; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PHILIPPINES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTRATION; STATISTICS;

CAREER MOBILITY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; IRELAND; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 45549086871     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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