Front-liners on the Sidelines: The credential recognition experiences of Filipino internationally-educated nurses (IENs) in Victoria, British Columbia (BC)

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dc.contributor.authorLeonida, Micah
dc.contributor.supervisorKrawchenko, Tamara
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-19T19:41:23Z
dc.date.available2024-01-19T19:41:23Z
dc.date.copyright2024en_US
dc.date.issued2024-01-19
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administrationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Administration M.P.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of the nursing labour shortage are being felt across Canada but especially in Victoria, BC where place-based realities have impacted internationally-educated nurses’ (IEN) professional pursuits. Rising inflation, housing costs, and living expenses create challenging contexts for IENs from the Philippines who aim to settle, integrate and complete professional recertification processes in order to become registered nurses in BC. As provinces across the country vie for nurses to alleviate strains on the health care system, this study explores Filipino IENs’ integration experiences and settlement barriers. The study examines to what extent these factors might have influenced their educational upgrading, professional recertification, and workplace acculturation experiences. This exploratory study rooted in an interpretivist paradigm examines the experiences of nurses from the Philippines who recently migrated to Victoria in the last ten years. The key findings of the study posit that financial barriers, time barriers, deskilling, and mental health challenges are the most prevalent obstacles encountered by Filipino IENs in Victoria, BC. These findings are further expanded upon in order to understand the impacts that migration pathways, post- and pre-arrival immigration processes, familial responsibilities, English-language requirements, workplace discrimination and professional recertification pathways have on the complex integration and settlement experiences of Filipino IENs in Victoria, BC. Nine recommendations are proposed including the creation of more efficient migration pathways, investing in accessible information supports, prioritising effective communication, designing equitable policies that account for familial responsibilities, supporting flexible English language requirements, developing local navigational supports for IENs, addressing deskilling, adapting professional recertification pathways, and increasing collaboration between clinical practice programs.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15834
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectFilipinoen_US
dc.subjectPhilippinesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectVictoriaen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectInternationally-educated nursesen_US
dc.subjectreflexive thematic analysisen_US
dc.subjectsettlementen_US
dc.subjectintegrationen_US
dc.subjectcredential recognitionen_US
dc.subjectworkplace acculturationen_US
dc.subjecteducational upgradingen_US
dc.subjectprofessional recertificationen_US
dc.subjectqualitative studyen_US
dc.subjectexploratoryen_US
dc.subjectinterpretivisten_US
dc.subjectmigrationen_US
dc.subjectlive-in caregiveren_US
dc.subjectregistered nursesen_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.subjectpublic administrationen_US
dc.subjectglobal care chainen_US
dc.subjectglobal nursing care chainen_US
dc.subjectdeskillingen_US
dc.subjectsocioeconomic mobilityen_US
dc.subjecthealth careen_US
dc.subjectlabouren_US
dc.subjectregulatory authorityen_US
dc.subjectbayanihanen_US
dc.titleFront-liners on the Sidelines: The credential recognition experiences of Filipino internationally-educated nurses (IENs) in Victoria, British Columbia (BC)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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