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Table 3 Domains and key themes in perceptions of nurse migration as a driver of policy development

From: Managing health worker migration: a qualitative study of the Philippine response to nurse brain drain

Context of nurse migration

  Push and pull factors drive nurse migration

Problems created by nurse migration

  Shifts in quality of student-nurses and nurse education

  Shifts in quality and quantity of nurse labour supply

Key elements in the policy development process

  A central advisory body guides policy development and advocacy

  Development of professional norms unites the nursing sector

  National policy and programme innovations reflect the dynamic nursing landscape

  Transnational cooperation is integral for ethical recruitment of foreign nurses

Perceived outcomes of policy-driven changes

  Domestic mind-shifts

  Global mind-shifts