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Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic.
Ortiga, Yasmin Y; Diño, Michael Joseph; Macabasag, Romeo Luis A.
  • Ortiga YY; School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 90 Stamford Road, 178903, Singapore. Electronic address: yasmino@smu.edu.sg.
  • Diño MJ; School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA; Research Development and Innovation Center, Our Lady of Fatima University, 120 McArthur Highway, Marulas, Valenzuela, 1440, Philippines. Electronic address: mdino1@jhu.edu.
  • Macabasag RLA; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, 1108, Philippines. Electronic address: romeo.macabasag@obf.ateneo.edu.
Soc Sci Med ; 305: 115114, 2022 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2028519
ABSTRACT
Social science research has long critiqued how professional ideals of public service can ignore chronic problems within the healthcare industry, placing unfair burden on the "heroism" of individual workers. Yet, fewer studies investigate how healthcare professionals actively negotiate such demands for service, amidst increasing workplace pressures and risks. This paper studies Filipino nurses' response to a government policy that banned them from working overseas in order to channel their labor to local hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on 51 in-depth interviews, we argue that nurses' willingness to serve in the Philippines' COVID-19 hospitals hinged on the point at which the deployment ban interrupted their emigration trajectories. Specifically, nurses' decision to heed their government's call to service depended on whether they saw local hospital experience as valuable for their plans of working abroad. We introduce the concept of "clocking out" to describe how aspiring nurse migrants set limits to the time they devote to local service, as they pursue a career pathway beyond national borders. We discuss how this concept can inform scholarship on nurse retention and professional values, especially for developing nations in times of crisis.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Nurses Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Soc Sci Med Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Nurses Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Soc Sci Med Year: 2022 Document Type: Article