The impact of "Brexit" on nursing and health services: Editorial debate

Nursing emigration in the United Kingdom: A qualitative exploration of the Spanish nursing community

AIM

To understand and describe the experiences and perceptions of migrant Spanish nurses working in the UK.

DESIGN

Online survey with open-ended questions.

METHODS

A total of 371 participants were recruited from online groups related to Spanish nurses working in the UK.

RESULTS

Four themes emerged from their content analysis: "Motivations for emigration: running away from job insecurity and unemployment," "Professional recognition," "Seeking better life stability" and "Future neediness: between a rock and a hard place." In these results, professional recognition was highlighted as a reason to stay in the host country, although the uncertainty represented by Brexit is reversing the migration trend that began years ago. Policymakers should be aware of these experiences to promote strategies and programmes, which encourage inclusion in the host country and will help these nurses in their transition process.

Motivational Orientations and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Moderator Role of Perceived Discrimination in the Brexit Context

The current study aims to explain how motivational orientations influence organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) through organizational identification considering the moderator effect of perceived discrimination. A sample of 286 Spanish immigrants in the United Kingdom was included. Main conclusions support that learning orientation shows a significant direct relation with OCB. Both performance and performance-avoid goal orientation have a statistically significant impact on OCB, and this impact is mediated by organizational identification and moderated by perceived discrimination. The practical implications of the study and its possible limitations are discussed.