This book offers a fresh perspective on gender debates in Nepal and analyses how the international migration of the first generation of professional female Nepali nurses has been a catalyst for social change.
With unprecedented access to study participants in Nepal (the source country), following them and their networks in the UK (the destination country), this ethnographic study explores Nepali nurses’ migration journeys, relocation experiences, and their international migration ‘dreams’ and aspirations. It illustrates how migrant nurses strive to manage social and professional difficulties as they work towards achieving their ultimate migration aims. The book shows that nursing shortages and international nurse migration are isseus of gender, on a global scale, and that the current trend of privatisation in health systems makes the labour market vulnerable, and stimulates international migration of health professionals. Arguing that international nurse migration is an integral part of the globalisation of health, the author highlights key policy strategies that are useful for global nursing and health workforce management.
A well-informed and much-needed study of nurse migration in the global healthcare market, this book will be of interest to professionals and academics working in nursing studies, health and social care studies, gender and international migration studies, and global health studies, as well as South Asian studies.
Author(s): Radha Adhikari
Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 192
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Nursing, gender, and the political economy of female
migration in Nepal
Nursing, gender and the political economy of female migration in Nepal
Key arguments
Origin of this study in my own research journey
Chapter outlines
Notes
1. Professional nursing education and the labour market situation in contemporary Nepal
Evolution and development of the profession
Emerging stakeholders in nurse education: their roles and professional partnerships
Political economy of nursing education in Nepal
Overview of the healthcare system and the nursing labour market situation in Nepal
Conclusion
Notes
2. The international migration market economy: decision-making, planning, and preparation
Decision making and reasons for migration
International nurse migration market economy and the ‘study abroad’
business
Migration planning and preparation: choosing destination and entry visa
Preparation for visa application
Conclusion
Notes
3. Arriving and surviving in the UK: navigating a new set of professional challenges
Nepali Nurses in Britain: migration trend, available data and entry visa
Arriving and professional assimilation in the UK
Support and facilitation networks in the UK
Conclusion
Notes
4. ‘There is a vast difference from what I had thought’: professional life in the UK
Sumi’s experience: a case study
Nurses’ working condition and working life
Working relationships with people at work
Conclusion
Notes
5. Negotiating with new realities: family and social lives in the UK
Living situations and social lives
Overall migration experiences
Emergence of support networks
Future hopes
Conclusion
Notes
6. Concluding discussion: professional nursing in Nepal and nurse migration to the UK
The impact of international nurse migration on nurse education, the
nursing labour market and health service provision in Nepal
Nurse migration, contemporary social change and changes in gender
dynamics in Nepal
Nepali nurses’ experience and the contemporary nursing labour market
in the UK
Management of international nurse migration: discussing
the key policy issues
Note
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
