title: Migrant nurses in Brazil: demographic characteristics, migration flow and relationship with the training process.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the migration of nurses in Brazil, describe the demographic characteristics of migrant nurses, the main migration flows, and establish relationships with the training process.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive, exploratory study, based on 2010 Census data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there were 355,383 nurses in Brazil in 2010. Of these, 36,479 (10.3%) reported having moved compared to the year 2005: 18,073 (5.1%) for intrastate migration, 17,525 (4.8%) interstate migration, and 871 (0.2%) international migration. Females (86.3%), Caucasians (65.2%), and unmarried (48.3%) nurses prevailed in the population, without considerable variation between groups according to migration situation. The findings indicate that the migration flows are driven by the training process for states that concentrate a greater number of courses and positions in undergraduate and graduate studies, and the motivation of employment opportunity in regions of economic expansion in the country.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it is necessary to deepen the discussion on the movement of nurses in Brazil, their motivations, and international migration.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kênia Lara
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roseni Rosângela
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: de Sena
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Silva
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Stephanie Marques Moura Franco
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Belga
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas Wan Der
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Maas
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D064700:Nurses, International / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data