Internationally educated nurses could help meet healthcare demand

A recent report explores multibillion-dollar international nurse migration and highlights how internationally educated nurses could help meet healthcare demand in the United States while reducing health disparities. The report hopes to spread the message that nursing and healthcare services in any country are complex but interconnected.

Moreover, investments in nursing personnel are investments in women and marginalized minorities, and go toward reducing socioeconomic inequality, study author Allison Squires from the New York University College of Nursing, notes in Medical News Today. Report (.pdf)