Migrant Nurses

Andrea Winkelmann-Gleed, Roswyn Hakesley-Brown, Karen Atkin

Migration into Britain in context. The world's refugees. Equality and integration. Migration, ethnicity and gender related to employment. Labour deficits in health care capacity. The British health care system. The process of nurses' registration. An empirical study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews. Self-administered survey. Key informants. Migrant nurses in London. Motivation in context. Motivation to migrate. Historic links. Family-related and demographic reasons. Economic reasons. Work experience and adventure. Threats and persecution. Motivations to work. Relationships with 'others' at work. Relationships with colleagues. Relationships with mentors. Relationships with other supervisors and managers. Meeting others - language. Meeting others - faces of racist attitudes. Meeting others - gender norms. Entering and progressing in the organisation. The organisation and non-work-related responsibilities. Positive expressions of migrant nurses contributing. Cultural understanding. Organisational citizenship behaviour. Professional experience. Adding diversity. Problems associated with migrant nurses contributing. Problems related to cultural differences and diversity. Problems related to professional nursing. Problems with the retention of migrant nurses. Positive expressions of diversity management. Problems associated with diversity management. Motivation. Integration. Contribution and diversity management. Exclusion or inclusion in employment. Concluding remarks.