The relationship between unemployment anxiety, job satisfaction and migration attitude among the next generation of Turkish nurses: A cross-sectional study

Öncü, Emine; Köksoy Vayısoğlu, Sümbüle; Karadağ, Gülendam; Şahin Orak, Nuray; Selçuk Tosun, Alime; Yüksekol, Özlem Doğan; Çatıker, Aslıhan; Yalçın, Gülcan Çiftçioğlu

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104603

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“…The phenomenon has resulted in instances where there are thousands of nurses sitting at home unemployed in Ghana. This high rates of unemployment have been identified as one of the reasons why nurses including student nurses harbor’s intentions to migrate [ 36 ]. Overcoming the increasing rates of health professionals migrating for greener pastures requires that central governments adopt pragmatic steps including improvement in the working conditions of health workers.…”

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Migration intentions among nursing students in a low-middle-income country

Laari,

Sapak,

Wumbei

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Background Migration among skilled labour has been noted as one of the major issues in recent times, especially among health workers. Data from the United Nations show that almost two thirds of people migrating are labor migrants and international migrants constitute 3.5% of the global migration population. Out of the millions of people who migrate across the globe, health workers, especially nurses form a greater portion of these numbers. This study explored nursing students’ intention to migrate to other countries after completing their programs. Method A descriptive cross-sectional design approach was adopted using self-administered questionnaire that contain aspects of open-ended questions. A sample size of 226 nursing students were recruited using convenient sampling technique. Results The results overall, revealed that 226 nursing students participated in the study. Out of this, most of the respondents 42.5% were aged between 25 and 30 years with majority 53.1% being males. Also, 35% of the participants were married with more than half 59.7% of the respondents being Christians. The results further revealed that most of the participants 64.2% had intention of migrating to other countries. Among those who intended to migrate, 11.7% identified lack of jobs, 39.3% identified low salaries in Ghana while 50.3% identified bad working conditions. The rest 2.8% attributed their intentions to migrate to educational opportunities. Common places of destination included Canada, USA, UK and Australia. Conclusion The outcome of this study points to the urgent need for low-income countries such as Ghana to urgently put in measures to curb the menace of brain drain among nurses. Improvement in working condition of nurses must be prioritized to motivate their stay.

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confidence: 99%