As WELLMIG progresses, I recall the words of Socrates: I know that I know nothing. Perhaps I should paraphrase Socrates (no disrespect intended) and say that the more I find out, the less I feel that I know.
The New Year is a time for taking stock, reflecting, and looking ahead. The researchers in the WELLMIG team took stock of our readings in 2018.
Carolyn Arguelles writes about the risks Filipino nurses undertake to work in Norway and the strong motivation that drives them to succeed.
Barriers to mobility and migration do not just affect the nurses that we study. Elżbieta Goździak and Taylor Vaughn write about their own trials and tribulations when faced with Norwegian and Polish bureaucracies.
Being a nurse means different things to different nurses, as experiences shape the professional identity into a part of one’s personal identity. In this sense, the question posed above is a psychological one.
The notion of empowerment might shed a new light on nursing practices, writes Marek Pawlak in a new blog post.
Marta Bivand Erdal and Lubomiła Korzeniewska write about the challenges of conducting interviews in various languages
Marie Louise Seeberg shares her thoughts about the 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference.
Jørgen Carling writes about the importance of ‘migration infrastructure’ as a theoretical concept.
Izabella Main writes about training for Polish nurses to enhance their empathy.