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Pursuing opportunities – Get in where you can“In March we graduated. After that, we went to Manila in May to takethe board exam. And June I think, we left. It was too fast!”Destinations unimportant initially butdesire for “settled” migrationeventuallyInformation about opportunities fromfellow nurses, relatives, social networks,and recruitment agenciesDifferent immigration experiences:recruited vs. individual
Family cohesiveness“I work the night shift and then I will only sleep for a couple of hoursafter. I cook dinner so when the kids come home they havesomething to eat. Then by one o’clock I’m at the library ”Family as loyal, cohesive unit as a central cultural value andcentral to migration decisionsSacrifice – family first, nursing laterJuggling roles and responsibilities
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