The Mass Emigration of Filipino Nurses to the United States

Since 1960, over 150,000 Filipino nurses have immigrated to the United States. A 2021 study revealed that registered nurses (RNs) trained in the ...

Nurse Migration from a Source Country Perspective: Philippine ...

The Philippines is a job-scarce environment and, even for those with jobs in the health care sector, poor working conditions often motivate nurses to seek ...

Why are there so many Filipino nurses in the U.S.? - Berkeley News

Choy says the Philippines continues to be the leading exporter of professional nurses to the U.S., although the ways they immigrate have changed ...

Longer Hours, Smaller Numbers: Filipino Nurses and Mass Migration

The nurse population in the Philippines is declining — and statistics point to low wages and intense overseas recruitment as potential culprits ...

The migration and resignation of Philippine nurses amidst the ...

One year into the pandemic, recent news reports in the Philippines highlighted that Filipino nurses are resigning to work abroad. In the first ...

For generations, Filipino nurses have been on America's front lines

Filipinos make up 4% of registered nurses in the United States, according to National Nurses United, the country's largest nursing union.

Filipino Nurses in the United States - Unsung History

A February 2021 report by National Nurses United found that while Filipinos make up 4% of RNs in the United States, they accounted for a ...

The International Migration of Healthcare Professionals and the ...

Foreign trained nurses must pass an English Proficiency Test (TOEFL). Several changes in U.S. immigration policy affected nurse migration from the Philippines.

The Contours of a Filipino American History

Filipino nurse migrants already in the United States—shape Filipino ... mass migration of Filipino nurses abroad and to the United States in particular.

Nurse Outmigration and Its Impact on Philippine Healthcare System

The mass outmigration of Filipino nurses is not new. As a matter of fact, the Philippines began exporting nurses to the United States in ...

Filipino Immigrants in the United States - Migration Policy Institute

Migration from the Philippines to the United States has occurred in several waves since the U.S. annexation of the Philippines in 1898, ...

"Made for Export: How U.S. and Philippine Policies Commodify and ...

However, the mass migration of Filipino nurses is a phenomenon that has ... The United States relies on the exploitation of Filipino nurses as a band ...

Filipino Nurses Share Their Struggle of Working in U.S. - Sampan

Filipino registered nurses make up 4% of all U.S. nurses, according to National Nurses United, a percentage similar to the U.S. Department of ...

How Filipino Nurses Propped Up America's Medical System - Time

Since 1960, over 150,000 Filipino nurses have migrated to the U.S. In 2019, one out of 20 registered nurses in the U.S. was trained in the ...

Elaine Mosqueda, A Nurse Exemplifying Tradition of Filipino ...

These mass movements of Filipino nurses helped address nursing shortages in the U.S. following World War II and inspired future generations of Filipino-American ...

ISANG BAGSAK! OVERSEAS FILIPINO NURSES DESERVE A ...

Jhemmylrut Teng, The History of Filipino Nurses in the United States of America ... Covertly, the U.S. was expediting this mass exodus by ...

Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History

Furthermore, given the complex histories of Spanish and U.S. colonization of the Philippines, Filipino women in general and Filipino nurses specifically viewed ...

Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History ...

In Empire of Care she charts the development of an international Filipino nurse labor force, drawing together studies of U.S. imperialism, immigration policy, ...

A transnational history of Filipino nurse migration to the United States

The major destination for Filipino nurses abroad has been the United States where, since the late 1960s, Filipino nurses have dominated the foreign-trained ...

For the Love of Family: The Filipina/o Nurse Diaspora

Presently, the Philippines is the largest sending country of nurses abroad – especially to the US – a phenomenon dating back to US colonialism ...