Nursing migration: a public health problem
Varella, T.C.; Pierantoni, C.R.
Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil 7(2): 199-211
2007
Document Number: 200836
This article analyzes the international scenario of nurses' migration, an essential professional class in the organization of national health systems, focusing specially on the unbalance between central and peripheral countries. It summarizes the results of studies performed by a department of the Australian government concerning nurses, qualifying and quantifying their inclusion in the labour market, as well as suggests measures to reintegrate the nurses leaving the labour market, pointing out the reasons for the lack of nurses in developed countries. It also highlights the expressive growth of nursing schools in Brazil, and comments on the possible consequences of nurse migration.