Journal
NURSING OUTLOOK
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 53-58Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.11.003
Keywords
Nurse migration; Nurse mobility; Regulation; National Council Licensure Examination
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- Health Canada's Office of Nursing Policy
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care-Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network
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Background: A number of factors in the health care environment, including a change in regulatory policy, may affect a country's nursing workforce and nurse migration and mobility. Purpose: This study compared the characteristics of Canadian-educated nurses who had migrated to the United States to work with their colleagues in the United States and Canada in anticipation of a change in Canada's RN entry to practice requirements in 2015. Methods: We conducted a retrospective comparative study of nurses in Canada and the U.S. using 2008 data from the US National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Discussion: There was little change in the number of Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States in 2008 compared with 2004. We found differences between U.S. nurses and Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States in educational level, work status, work location, and age. No differences were found between Canadian-educated nurses working in the United States and those working in Canada. Conclusions: This research highlights the value of international comparisons of the nursing workforce, especially in the context of anticipated regulatory changes, which may affect a country's nursing health human resources.
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