Abstract
Nursing shortage is a wordwide problem whose roots are deeply integrated and could be recoonducted to:
-aged nursing population
-decreased nursing university registration
-changes in working settings
-poor social nursing image and consideration.
Nursing migration is generally motivated by professional development, better life condition and personal security.
There are <donor> and <receiving> countries. This phenomen is present in Italy since some year, too. In 2007–2010 there was a real boom of foreigner nursing inpact up to 25%: In 2010 the total number of Nursing Council (IPASVI) registration was of 375.185, of whom 77% women, and 10% foreigner.
Every health Care Authority implements own strategies to solve out nursing shortage. ASLTO2 started first contracting <cooperative>, followed by <Interinal Agency> and at present professional are organized in <Associated Studies>.
In S. Giovanni Bosco Hospital in Turin, a structured and consolidated 10 years experience is present. Since 2001, 30 foreign nurses had been working in our unit, coming from six different countries, the larger group from Romania.
The education training for new foreigner nurse is the same planned for any new nurse in our dialysis unit. This allows homogeneus care delivery and good level of integration perceived by the foreigner nurses, which represent nowadays the 36% of our working nursing staff.
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