Do foreign-educated nurses displace native-educated nurses?

Job satisfaction comparison between foreign educated nurses and U.S. educated nurses

Immigration and contract problems experienced by foreign-educated nurses.

More than 8% of employed RNs licensed since 2004 in the United States were educated overseas, yet little is known about the conditions of their recruitment or the impact of that experience on health care practice. This study assessed whether the labor rights of foreign-educated nurses were at risk during the latest period of high international recruitment: 2003 to 2007. Using consensus-based st...

Understanding post-hire transitional challenges of foreign-educated nurses.

Perceptions of employment-based discrimination among newly arrived foreign-educated nurses.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether foreign-educated nurses (FENs) perceived they were treated equitably in the U.S. workplace during the last period of high international recruitment from 2003 to 2007. BACKGROUND With experts predicting that isolated nursing shortages could return as soon as 2015, it is important to examine the lessons learned during the last period of high international recruitm...

U.S.-based recruitment of foreign-educated nurses: implications of an emerging industry.

OBJECTIVES Despite an increase in the number of foreign-educated nurses (FENs) working in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes, very little is known about the industry that brought them here. Our objectives were to learn more about the size and scope of the international nurse recruitment industry, its business models, and the range of countries where companies actively recruit. Based on reports fr...