Overseas Nurses Feel Slighted In UK

by Gopalan T on  October 18, 2010 at 6:51 AM Nursing Profession News
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Many overseas nurses working in the UK seem to feel slighted, according to a new study appearing in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Researchers from the University of Northampton also found that discrimination and racism still exist in the National Health Service and that the reality of first-world UK nursing is often very different to what overseas nurses expect.

Senior lecturer and nurse Julia Nichols and Professor of Neurophysiology Jackie Campbell carried out an in-depth research review of 30 papers, surveys and Government strategy documents published since 1997, covering the views of nearly 4,000 overseas nurses.

“If overseas nurses chose to leave the UK in large numbers, health services could face a severe staffing shortage” says Julia Nichols. “It is important that we listen carefully to their experiences to help identify priorities for policies and practice so that we can improve migrant nurses’ job satisfaction and articulate the value that they bring to UK nursing.

“Although some positive experiences are described, significant numbers of nurses describe not feeling personally or professionally valued by the UK nursing establishment and common emotions include disappointment and unmet expectations.”

The UK has a long established tradition of employing overseas nurses, particularly from the Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth. This dates back to the Colonial Nursing Service, which was established in the 1940s to unify the administration of nursing appointments across Britain and its overseas dependencies.

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