Is the grass any greener? Canada to United States of America nurse migration

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-205

  McGillis Hall, L ^a,b   Pink, G H ^c   Jones, C B ^d   Leatt, P ^e   Gates, M ^f   Peterson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Research and External Relations   (Canada)

^c Senior Research Fellow ^*  (United States)

^d School of Nursing

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Nurse Migration; Recruitment; Retention; United States of America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649091324     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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