Group Says No to Unethical Nurse Recruitment
September 16, 2008
A task force—including faculty members from NHS and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law—recently released its Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses to the United States.
The code, which was officially unveiled on Sept. 4, aims to ensure that the growing practice of recruiting foreign-educated nurses to the United States is done in a responsible and transparent manner.
“The code is a model for oversight and monitoring of recruitment practices,” said Kathryn Leonhardy, assistant professor of international health at NHS and a task force participant.
AcademyHealth, in a report funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, identified almost 300 U.S.-based international nurse recruitment firms, a tenfold increase in the number of companies since the late 1990s. During the same time period, the annual percentage of newly licensed, foreign-educated registered nurses in the United States rose from five percent to 16 percent, based on data from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
The voluntary code aims to increase transparency and accountability in international recruitment and ensure adequate orientation programs for foreign educated nurses. It also provides guidance on ways to ensure recruitment is not harmful to the nurses’ home countries.
Health care organizations and recruiters that subscribe are committing to adhere to a series of practical standards and to emulate best practices.
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