title: The global summit on nurse faculty migration.
abstract: As global demand for health care workers burgeons, information is scant regarding the migration of faculty who will train new nurses. With dual roles as clinicians and educators, and corresponding dual sets of professional and legal obligations, nurse faculty may confront unique circumstances in migration that can impact nations' ability to secure an adequate, stable nursing workforce. In a seminal effort to address these concerns, the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the International Council of Nurses invited a diverse group of international experts to a summit designed to elucidate forces that drive nurse faculty migration. The primary areas of consideration were the impact on nurse faculty migration of rapid health care workforce scale-up, international trade agreements, and workforce aging. Long-term summit goals included initiating action affecting national, regional, and global supplies of nurse educators and helping to avert catastrophic failure of health care delivery systems caused by an inadequate ability to educate next-generation nurses.
authors.affiliation: Chief Executive Officer, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN. Electronic address: patricia@stti.iupui.edu.
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Chief Executive Officer, International Council of Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.affiliation: ICN Staff.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: STTI 2009-2011 President.
authors.forename: Karen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.affiliation: ICN Staff.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.affiliation: STTI 2009-2011 President-Elect.
authors.forename: Suzanne S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Prevost
authors.affiliation: STTI Staff.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlasich
authors.affiliation: ICN Board of Directors.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oywer
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000639:trends; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D038622:Internationality; D064700:Nurses, International / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D009729:Nursing; D010560:Personnel Selection; D000078329:Workforce; D006801:Humans
keywords: Global aspects; Nursing faculty migration; Nursing workforce