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Nurses, nannies and caring work: importation, visibility and marketability
Author(s) -
Brush Barbara L.,
Vasupuram Rukmini
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nursing inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.66
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1800
pISSN - 1320-7881
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00320.x
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , politics , work (physics) , visibility , construct (python library) , care work , sociology , public relations , psychology , nursing , political science , medicine , geography , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , engineering , meteorology , computer science , law , programming language
This paper examines nurses’ international migration within the broader context of female migration, particularly against more studied groups of women who have migrated for employment in care‐giving roles. We analyze the similarities and differences between skilled professional female migrants (nurses) and domestic workers (nannies and in‐home caretakers) and how societal expectations, meanings, and values of care and ‘women's work’, together with myriad social, cultural, economic and political processes, construct the female migrant care‐giver experience. We argue that, as the recruitment of foreign workers gains visibility, strategies are introduced to better prepare female migrant care‐givers for the marketplace. Language, specifically command of English and accent modification, is highlighted as one means to assimilate migrant care‐givers to host communities.