title: Imported care: recruiting foreign nurses to U.S. health care facilities.
abstract: As U.S. health care facilities struggle to fill current registered nurse staffing vacancies, a more critical nurse undersupply is predicted over the next twenty years. In response, many institutions are doubling their efforts to attract and retain nurses. To that end, foreign nurses are increasingly being sought, creating a lucrative business for new recruiting agencies both at home and abroad. This paper examines past and current foreign nurse use as a response to nurse shortages and its implications for domestic and global nurse workforce policies.
authors.affiliation: William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. brushb@bc.edu
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Brush
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sochalski
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States