TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring migration intention of nursing students in Nepal : a mixed-methods study
AU - Poudel, Chandra
AU - Ramjan, Lucie
AU - Everett, Bronwyn
AU - Salamonson, Yenna
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The objective of this study was to assess the migration intention of students enrolled in pre-registration nursing programs in Nepal, and to explore factors influencing this intention. Using an embedded mixed methods design, 799 nursing students were surveyed, followed by 12 semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The result showed that the majority (92.5%) expressed some intention to migrate, with three quarters of these listed furthering their study abroad as the primary reason. In the multiple regression analysis, those with lower professional identity, and those who reported nursing was not their first choice were likely to express migration intention. Interview data identified low salaries, unemployment, poor working conditions, insufficient postgraduate education, and a lack of professional autonomy in Nepal as reasons for their intention to migrate. Increasing opportunities for nurses to undertake postgraduate education in Nepal, promoting a positive image of nursing, and facilitating a supportive learning environment during undergraduate nursing education could help address the potential loss of nurses from Nepal.
AB - The objective of this study was to assess the migration intention of students enrolled in pre-registration nursing programs in Nepal, and to explore factors influencing this intention. Using an embedded mixed methods design, 799 nursing students were surveyed, followed by 12 semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The result showed that the majority (92.5%) expressed some intention to migrate, with three quarters of these listed furthering their study abroad as the primary reason. In the multiple regression analysis, those with lower professional identity, and those who reported nursing was not their first choice were likely to express migration intention. Interview data identified low salaries, unemployment, poor working conditions, insufficient postgraduate education, and a lack of professional autonomy in Nepal as reasons for their intention to migrate. Increasing opportunities for nurses to undertake postgraduate education in Nepal, promoting a positive image of nursing, and facilitating a supportive learning environment during undergraduate nursing education could help address the potential loss of nurses from Nepal.
KW - belonging (social psychology)
KW - developing countries
KW - nursing students
KW - professional identity
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:44898
U2 - 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.11.012
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 95
EP - 102
JO - Nurse Education in Practice
JF - Nurse Education in Practice
ER -