Transcultural Migrations for Health Professions

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

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1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy
2. Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, OPI, 00131 Rome, Italy
Interests: ethics; transcultural competencies; global health
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Interests: credentialing; codes of ethics; healthcare professionals; nurse migration; nurse mobility; regulation

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Dear Colleagues,

Migration has been around since the beginning of time. Each society has had to face the changes and challenges accompanied by migrations.

These changes and challenges vary based on the movement of people from one country to another. Each nation addresses migration and acculturation of people differently. Some are more successful than others by appreciating the nuances of the integration of cultures. Today, countries face significant challenges caused by the pandemic, resulting in a reduced healthcare workforce.

This reduction is bringing about a migration tsunami where countries are recruiting aggressively and raising ethical concerns about the practices from human trafficking to the exploitation of health professionals.

Governmental and non-governmental organizations such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Council of Nurses and other entities of civil society have been actively involved in searching for solutions to better deal with the changes and challenges emerging from the migration tsunami.

It is our pleasure as Editors to invite you to submit your articles to this Special Issue, which aims to disseminate evidence on the subjects driven by the significant changes caused by COVID-19 and globalization in the health professional migrations.

This Special Issue aims to broadcast data on the changes and challenges affecting health professionals in the current worldwide post-Covid-19 scenario. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: Brain drain, credentialing, codes of ethics, economics of migration, healthcare professionals, mutual recognition, nurse migration, nurse mobility, regulation.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Alessandro Stievano
Dr. Franklin Shaffer
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Keywords

  • brain drain
  • credentialing
  • codes of ethics
  • economics of migration
  • healthcare professionals
  • mutual recognition
  • nurse migration
  • nurse mobility
  • regulation

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Navigating the Health Professional Migration Tsunami in the Era of COVID-19 and Globalization: A Call to Action for a Collective and Coordinated Response from Government and Non-Government Organizations
by Alessandro Stievano, Rosario Caruso and Franklin Shaffer
Healthcare 2023, 11(7), 931; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11070931 - 23 Mar 2023
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Migration has always been a part of human history [...] Full article
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An Observational Cross-Sectional Study on the Correlation between Professional Competencies and Self-Efficacy in Albanian Registered Nurses
by Blerina Duka, Alessandro Stievano, Emanuela Prendi, Florian Spada, Gennaro Rocco and Ippolito Notarnicola
Healthcare 2023, 11(15), 2156; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11152156 - 28 Jul 2023
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(1) Background: The assessment and application of registered nurses’ professional skills are essential to providing quality and safe care. Self-efficacy can positively affect the professional competence of registered nurses. This study analysed professional competence and its association with self-efficacy among registered nurses. (2) [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The assessment and application of registered nurses’ professional skills are essential to providing quality and safe care. Self-efficacy can positively affect the professional competence of registered nurses. This study analysed professional competence and its association with self-efficacy among registered nurses. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted. The sampling was conventional. The data collection took place through the Albanian version of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale Short Form (A-NPCS-SF), which was used to assess their professional skills, and the Albanian version of the Nursing Profession Self-Efficacy Scale (A-NPSES), which was used to assess their self-efficacy. The study was based on a convenience sample of 985 registered nurses from the 12 Albanian provinces. (3) Results: The Cronbach alpha value for the A-NPCS-SF scale was 0.947, while for the A-NPSES scale, it was 0.875, proving both scales to be reliable. Self-efficacy does not play an essential role in the development of the professional competence of registered nurses since our survey found only one dimension correlates with these two elements. (4) Conclusions: The results of our analysis have instead highlighted the importance of a close relationship between job satisfaction and the development of professional skills. Full article
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Development and Validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS)
by Carla Murgia, Alessandro Stievano, Gennaro Rocco and Ippolito Notarnicola
Healthcare 2023, 11(13), 1821; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131821 - 21 Jun 2023
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(1) Background: In response to the impact of religious intervention on health outcomes and the importance of documenting how nurses experience the spiritual need of 392 hospitalized patients, it is vital to provide the nursing profession with instruments to evaluate these spiritual aspects. [...] Read more.
(1) Background: In response to the impact of religious intervention on health outcomes and the importance of documenting how nurses experience the spiritual need of 392 hospitalized patients, it is vital to provide the nursing profession with instruments to evaluate these spiritual aspects. This study describes the development and validation of the Nursing Care and Religious Diversity Scale (NCRDS); (2) Methods: A two-step design was used for NCRDS translation and psychometric validation. The tool design was developed in the first step, while the psychometric characteristics were tested in the second step. An inductive study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the NCRDS tool. The overall sample consisted of 317 nurses; (3) Results: The final instrument comprised 25 items in five dimensions. The construct validity indicated five dimensions. The face and content validity were adequate. Test-retest reliability displayed good stability, and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) was acceptable (0.83); (4) Conclusions: Initial testing of the NCRDS suggested that it is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate individuals in religious diversity, with five dimensions for evaluating the meaning of spirituality and individual belief, the religious healthcare environment, educational adequacy, spiritual and religious needs, and religious plurality. Full article
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