Why Do Nurses Leave Their Home country?
x SOURCE: BMJ It has been a phenomenon for decades, many nurses have left their home country despite many challenges and hurdles to adapt to the new country they chose to live in. For the context, I will share my nursing journey. I joined nursing education in 2002 not by choice but by chance, as I dropped studying engineering, and parents were not happy and they wanted me to pursue at least a graduate program where I can excel and lead an independent life. Education only meant for me to be independent and travel abroad to have a “quality life”, however, I was not sure what “quality life” meant. It so happened that I got admission into nursing in 2002 as recommended by a fellow nurse of my town and my parents started dreaming then, one day our son will be in Canada or the UK! I was the only candidate to join nursing in my village and until joining nursing I was not aware of the profession which was almost 100 years old in India. Apparently, It was not so aspirat
