Making the invisible visible: The importance of applying a lens of intersectionality for researching internationally educated nurses

There is a worldwide shortage of 6 million registered nurses (Buchan& Catton, 2020), exacerbated by their international migration from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like the Philippines, India, Sub-Saharan African states, and the English-speaking Caribbean islands to high incomes countries (HICs) like the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom  (Moyce et al., 2016; Pressley et al., 2022; Thompson et al., 2022). International nurse migration results in an inequitable distribution of nurses across countries, thus weakening LMICs’ health systems capacity to address their populations’ health care needs.

Source: Nursing Outlook - November 18, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Roy A. Thompson, Kaleea R. Lewis, Cedonnie A. Curtis, Sherif A. Olanrewaju, Allison Squires Source Type: research