The Sociodemographic Characteristics of Indian Nursing Students and Their Intentions to Migrate Overseas for Work-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Sociodemographic Characteristics of Indian Nursing Students and Their Intentions to Migrate Overseas for Work

Published:2023-09-14 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1527-1544
Container-title:Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Author:

Jadhav Sonali Tarachand¹^ORCID,Roy Susha Mary¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Medical Surgical Nursing, MS Ramaiah Institute of Nursing Education and Research, Bangalore, IN-KA, India

Abstract

India being the second largest nurse exporter to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, currently faces a shortage of 2.4 million nurses. The problem of nurse shortage has been aggravated by the COVID pandemic. The young age at which the Indian nurses migrate, suggests that the decision to work overseas is made probably at the time of pursuing the studies or probably one pursues nursing because it opens the opportunity for working overseas. The objective of this study was to assess the intensions of nursing students to pursue overseas career on completion of their studies. The study used a cross-sectional survey design to collect data from 1408 nursing students from across four states of India namely, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Rajasthan using a google survey form. The major finding of the study was that 54% of the respondents intended to migrate overseas. Better career advancement opportunities, better working conditions, higher pay, better lifestyle, were the reasons cited by those who had an intension to migrate. Establishing norms for nurse-patient ratios, and scope of work along with pay scales for nurses with various qualifications and experience could be the most strategic moves that the policy makers can consider to control brain drain in nursing and control nurse migration.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine,Issues, ethics and legal aspects,Leadership and Management

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15271544231201347

Reference17 articles.

1. Beltran M. (2023). Philippines to lower bar for nurses as low pay drives many abroad. Al Jazeera. Available from https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/7/25/philippines-mulls-unlicensed-nurses-as-low-pay-fuels-brain-drain.

2. Chakravarty I., Prasad V., Chand I., Chintan R., Prasad R., Baria S., Mahindrakar S., Mairembam D., Graeve H., Buchan J. (2022). a-study-on-employment-and-working-conditions-of-nurses-in-private-hospitals-in-delhi. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363094832_a-study-on-employment-and-working-conditions-of-nurses-in-private-hospitals-in-delhi.

3. Indian Nursing Council. (2022). Annual Report, Available at: https://indiannursingcouncil.org/uploads/annualreports/16367119461059.pdf.

4. Issac A. (2015). Migration of Health Care Professionals from India: A Case Study of Nurses. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284476326_Migration_of_Health_Care_Professionals_from_India_A_Case_Study_of_Nurses/citation/download.

5. Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?