Sentosa 27 and Human Trafficking

In an article on Nurse.com, Lorraine Steefel reports on the December 8th, 2008, International Building Global Alliances Symposium sponsored by the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS). At that symposium, I spoke about the Sentosa 27 nurses, who migrated to this country to work in a chain of nursing homes in New York State under a contract that was violated in multiple ways by the owners of the chain. When the nurses quit their jobs, the owners were able to get them charged with conspiracy, patient abandonment, and endangering the welfare of patients. Fortunately, a court of appeals said there was no case. On January 18th, law professor Mitchell Rubenstein wrote that this “is a critically important employment law case that will shortly make its way into law school casebooks.”  Migrating nurses are at risk for exploitation and human trafficking, and we all need to be mindful of this fact.

 —Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, AJN Editor-in-Chief

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2009-03-20T16:09:33-04:00February 26th, 2009|Nursing|0 Comments
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International Recruitment of Nurses: A Look at the Industry and Voluntary Codes of Ethics

By Shawn Kennedy, AJN interim editor-in-chief

A significant number of foreign-educated nurses (FENs) come to the United States each year to work; although the exact number is unknown, consider that in 2009 alone, more than 14,000 FENs passed the NCLEX exam for licensure to practice here. Many come because they’ve been actively recruited by firms acting as agents for hospitals and nursing homes; others come on their own. Some are recruited from developing countries that, because of severe internal nursing shortages, can ill afford to send qualified nurses abroad. And some FENs learn that what they expected—or were led to expect—doesn’t match what they actually find when they arrive.

In the June issue of AJN, you’ll find a comprehensive study examining the international nurse recruitment business, an industry that’s gone through rapid growth in the last decade. Supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Patricia M. Pittman and colleagues conducted interviews with industry executives and focus groups with FENs. […]

2016-11-21T13:17:21-05:00June 7th, 2010|nursing perspective, nursing research, students|4 Comments
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Web Crawl: Unprofessional Workplace Behavior Irks Nurses; APNs Seek Primary Care Rights; Whistleblowers on Trial; More

Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, AJN interim editor-in-chief

I spend a lot of time checking various web sites for news or new information nurses need to know, for interesting items for blog posts or articles, or for trends that may be coming down the pike. Here’s some “food-for-thought” items I found in my recent web crawls:

On nursingworld.org, the American Nurses Association, in a recent poll, asked site visitors if they had been “a target of unprofessional behavior” in the workplace. A startling 82% of respondents said yes. While “unprofessional behavior” was not defined (when you think about it, it could be any number of things, ranging from gossip and practical jokes to bullying and unwanted sexual advances), the fact that so many people feel this way deserves further exploration. What about you? What have you seen on your unit that might fit this category of “unprofessional behavior”?

Vindy.com, an Ohio news outlet, reports that advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the state want more recognition and freedom to practice. According to the article, the Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (OAAPN) is seeking legislators to remove restrictions that prevent them from heading the medical home models of primary care. Currently, physicians must be the designated head of the medical home. (See our article on this.)  Jacalyn Golden of OAAPN said APNs “have proved themselves since they began providing primary care in 1965.” Amen.

Remember the “Sentosa Nurses,” the nurses from the Philippines who became embroiled in prosecution after they quit en masse from New York nursing […]

2016-11-21T13:20:12-05:00January 14th, 2010|Nursing|4 Comments
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