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...

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Main Authors: ORTIGA, Yasmin Y., DINO, Michael Joseph S., MACABASAG, Romeo Luis A.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-49172023-03-04T09:37:05Z Clocking out: Nurses refusing to work in a time of pandemic ORTIGA, Yasmin Y. DINO, Michael Joseph S. 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. 2022-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3659 info:doi/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115114 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4917/viewcontent/clocking_out.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Nursing Professions COVID-19 pandemic Migration Philippines Asian Studies Medicine and Health Public Health
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Singapore
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topic Nursing
Professions
COVID-19 pandemic
Migration
Philippines
Asian Studies
Medicine and Health
Public Health
spellingShingle Nursing
Professions
COVID-19 pandemic
Migration
Philippines
Asian Studies
Medicine and Health
Public Health
ORTIGA, Yasmin Y.
DINO, Michael Joseph S.
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.
DINO, Michael Joseph S.
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 Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3659
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