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Nursing emigration within United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the Spanish nursing community

Nursing emigration within United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the Spanish nursing community
Nursing emigration within United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the Spanish nursing community
Aim: To understand and describe the experiences and perceptions of migrant Spanish nurses working in the UK.

Design: Online survey with open-ended questions.

Methods: A total of 371 participants were recruited from online groups related to Spanish nurses working in the UK.

Results: Four themes emerged from their content analysis: “Motivations for emigration: running away from job insecurity and unemployment”, “Professional recognition”, “Seeking better life stability” and “Future neediness: between a rock and a hard place”. In these results, professional recognition was highlighted as a reason to stay in the host country, although the uncertainty represented by Brexit is reversing the migration trend that began years ago. Policymakers should be aware of these experiences to promote strategies and programmes, which encourage inclusion in the host country and will help these nurses in their transition process
European union, Spain, United Kingdom, economic recession, emigration and immigration, health workforce, nursing
675-687
Rodriguez-Arrastia, Miguel
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Ropero-Padilla, Carmen
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Fernández-Solad, Cayetano
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Portillo Vega, Maria Carmen
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Rodriguez-Arrastia, Miguel, Ropero-Padilla, Carmen, Fernández-Solad, Cayetano and Portillo Vega, Maria Carmen (2021) Nursing emigration within United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the Spanish nursing community. Nursing Open, 8 (2), 675-687. (doi:10.1002/nop2.672).

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Aim: To understand and describe the experiences and perceptions of migrant Spanish nurses working in the UK.

Design: Online survey with open-ended questions.

Methods: A total of 371 participants were recruited from online groups related to Spanish nurses working in the UK.

Results: Four themes emerged from their content analysis: “Motivations for emigration: running away from job insecurity and unemployment”, “Professional recognition”, “Seeking better life stability” and “Future neediness: between a rock and a hard place”. In these results, professional recognition was highlighted as a reason to stay in the host country, although the uncertainty represented by Brexit is reversing the migration trend that began years ago. Policymakers should be aware of these experiences to promote strategies and programmes, which encourage inclusion in the host country and will help these nurses in their transition process

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 November 2020
Published date: March 2021
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keywords: European union, Spain, United Kingdom, economic recession, emigration and immigration, health workforce, nursing

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Local EPrints ID: 445067
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445067
PURE UUID: a0652be5-f03e-40b5-87de-2475eb53669b
ORCID for Maria Carmen Portillo Vega: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-6612

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Date deposited: 19 Nov 2020 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:37

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Author: Miguel Rodriguez-Arrastia
Author: Carmen Ropero-Padilla
Author: Cayetano Fernández-Solad

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