Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic

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 f...

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Main Authors: Ortiga, Yasmin Y, Diño, Michael Joseph, Macabasag, Romeo Luis A
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/126
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115114
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.sa-faculty-pubs-11252022-12-01T09:15:42Z Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic Ortiga, Yasmin Y Diño, Michael Joseph Macabasag, Romeo Luis A 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. 2022-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/126 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115114 Sociology & Anthropology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Nursing Professions COVID-19 pandemic Migration Philippines Medicine and Health Migration Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences Sociology
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Philippines
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topic Nursing
Professions
COVID-19 pandemic
Migration
Philippines
Medicine and Health
Migration Studies
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
spellingShingle Nursing
Professions
COVID-19 pandemic
Migration
Philippines
Medicine and Health
Migration Studies
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Ortiga, Yasmin Y
Diño, Michael Joseph
Macabasag, Romeo Luis A
Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
description 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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author Ortiga, Yasmin Y
Diño, Michael Joseph
Macabasag, Romeo Luis A
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Macabasag, Romeo Luis A
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title Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
title_short Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
title_full Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
title_fullStr Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
title_sort clocking out: nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2022
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/126
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115114
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