Global Nursing Migration

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Global Nursing Migration
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Global Nursing Migration
Introduction
Global Nursing Migration refers to the migration of health practitioners (nurses) from
their home country due to historical, political, economic and political reasons to other nations.
The migration of nursing practitioners across the globe has played a significant impact at the
national level. Whether the impact is positive or negative all depends on one's interpretation of
the relevant kinds of literature on the topic. Different arguments have been set forth regarding the
migration of nursing practitioners. However, this paper is set fundamentally to review several
pieces of pieces of literature on the topic through presentation of their concise summary,
evaluation of the roles and contribution of the nurses in the literatures and finally a discussion of
the how the literature address the international code of practice as brought forth by the world
health organization.
Review of Literature
An article by The World Health Organization (2018) presents solutions to the health
workforce migration. In other words, it comprises of an international law of practice. According
to the World Health Organization (2018), global nursing migration has been periodically
increasing especially from low-income nations with fragile health systems. The code of practice
aims at strengthening the health system by setting voluntarily principles to guide the global
recruitment of health nurses (World Health Organization, 2018). The article also addresses the
national reporting instrument whereby the world health organization promotes informational
exchange on issues circumnavigating health systems and personnel with regard to migration. At
this point, the members of the State have to submit a report to the World Health Organization

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after a period of every three years to explore interventions regarding the execution of the code of
practice (World Health Organization, 2018).
Literature by Micheal (2018) regarding immigration of medical practitioners from the
economic crisis across the globe outlines significant aspects of the topic. Migrant play significant
roles in the workforce of the developed nations (Micheal, 2018). Some of pull and push factors
affecting migration include historical, trade and political relationship and economical differences
between the nations (Micheal, 2018). The health worker migration has come under scrutiny due
to the associated negative impacts in the nations of origin (Micheal, 2018; Aluttis, Bishaw, &
Frank, 2014). The article also presents an analysis of the foreign nurses and other health
workforces in developed nations such as the USA, Canada Australia, and the UK. These data can
be presented through the figure below.
Retrieved from: (Micheal, 2018)
Abarcar and Theoharides (2017) present their literature which emphasizes on global
migration of medical practitioners as the causal agent of reduced supply of educated individuals.
The origin countries of the migration process lose the talents incurred by their education system