Trends in the Filipino Nurse Migration to the U.S. A Humanist Approach

Abstract

The global nursing shortage created opportunities for registered nurses from developing countries to seek professionally and financially rewarding careers in progressive countries like the United States. Using Maslow’s theory on the Hierarchy of Needs as the framework, this phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of eleven indigenous Filipino nurses who migrated to the United States. It looked into the meaning of the migration as the participants lived through their experience, approaching it from a humanist perspective. Ultimately, this study could be used as a guide in the development of employment and health care policies that are more responsive to the current state of the nursing profession.