In This IssueVolume 26 • Special Issue • April 2013

1 GUEST EDITORIAL

Not Dead Yet: The Spectre of Nursing Human Resource Shortages Kathleen MacMillan

CANADIAN NURSE MIGRATION TO THE US

8 Stemming the Flow of Canadian Nurse Migration to the US Linda McGillis Hall, Jessica Peterson, Sheri Price, Michelle Lalonde, Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

20 The Experiences of Canadian-Educated Early Career Nurses Who Practise in the US

Jessica Peterson, Linda McGillis Hall and Sheri Price

CROSS-CANADA NURSE MIGRATION

29 I Was Never Recruited: Challenges in Cross-Canada Nurse Mobility Linda McGillis Hall, Jessica Peterson, Sheri Price, Gavin Andrews, Michelle Lalonde, Alexandra Harris and Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

41 Mapping Nurse Mobility in Canada with GIS: Career Movements from Two Canadian Provinces

Gavin Andrews, Linda McGillis Hall, Sheri Price, Michelle Lalonde, Alexandra Harris and Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

51 Support and Access for Nursing Continuing Education in Canadian Work Environments

Michelle Lalonde, Linda McGillis Hall, Sheri Price, Gavin Andrews, Alexandra Harris and Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

In This Issue

Published by the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses/L'Académie des Chefs de Direction en Soins Infirmiers and Longwoods Publishing Corporation

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61 Factors That Influence Career Decisions in Canada’s Nurses Sheri Price, Linda McGillis Hall, Michelle Lalonde, Gavin Andrews, Alexandra Harris and Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

70 LPN Perspectives of Factors that Affect Nurse Mobility in Canada Alexandra Harris, Linda McGillis Hall, Sheri Price, Michelle Lalonde, Gavin

Andrews and Sandra MacDonald-Rencz

COMMENTARY

79 Perspective from the Canadian Nurses Association Barbara Mildon

POLICY PERSPECTIVES

82 Global Trends, Local Impact: The New Era of Skilled Worker Migration and the Implications for Nursing Mobility

Sioban Nelson

87 Migration and Mobility: Informing Nursing Health Human Resources Retention and Recruitment Policy

Barbara Foster, Sandra MacDonald-Rencz and Linda McGillis Hall

Indicates Peer-review

Migration and mobility in Canadian Nurses