Nurse Migration Project (NMP)

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The Nurse Migration Project (2006-2010) was a HRB funded project (RP/2006/222) conducted by an RCSI based research team consisting of Dr. Niamh Humphries, Professor Ruairí Brugha and Professor Hannah McGee. Findings from the Nurse Migration Project;

• Demonstrated the extent to which Ireland was reliant upon non-EU migrant nurses to meet staff it’s health system - between 2000 and 2009, 38% of nurses newly registered in Ireland came from outside the EU
• Highlighted the fact that this dependence on non-EU migrant nurses indicated an inability to supply enough nurses to meet demand
• Drew attention to the fact that Ireland needed better data on its nursing workforce in order to plan for the future

• Developed a profile of non-EU migrant nurses working in Ireland, providing policy makers with demographic information, insights into their prior nursing experience and qualifications, information on their career progression and overall experience in Ireland
• Revealed that only one in five migrant nurses intended to remain in Ireland in the long-term
• The Nurse Migration Project focussed attention on the migrant health workers who make a substantial contribution to the Irish health system

All journal articles and policy briefs to emerge from the Nurse Migration project are available here.