Exploring longitudinal shifts in international nurse migration to the United States between 2003 and 2013 through a random effects panel data analysis

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 14, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Squires, Allison ^a   Ojemeni, Melissa T ^a   Jones, Simon ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internationally educated nurses; Nurse migration; Nursing credentialing and licensure examination for registered nurses; United States; WHO code

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LICENSING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NIGERIA; PHILIPPINES; REGISTERED NURSE; UNITED STATES; ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATION; FOREIGN NURSE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRENDS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSURE; NIGERIA; NURSES; NURSES, INTERNATIONAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHILIPPINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84976521700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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