Nurse migration and health workforce planning: Ireland as illustrative of international challenges

Health Policy

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

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

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health workforce planning; Midwives; Migrant nurses; Nurse; Nurse migration; Nurse workforce planning; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STAFF NURSE; SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84864829947     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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