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Post-basic nursing students’ perceptions of the emigration of nurses from the republic of South Africa

V J Ehlers, M J Oosthuizen, M C Bezuidenhout, L V Monareng, K Jooste
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 8, No 4 | a143 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v8i4.143 | © 2003 V J Ehlers, M J Oosthuizen, M C Bezuidenhout, L V Monareng, K Jooste | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 05 November 2003 | Published: 05 November 2003

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V J Ehlers, University of South Africa, South Africa
M J Oosthuizen, University of South Africa, South Africa
M C Bezuidenhout, University of South Africa, South Africa
L V Monareng, University of South Africa, South Africa
K Jooste, University of South Africa, South Africa

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The emigration of nurses from South Africa to work in overseas countries continues to increase despite efforts to curb this phenomenon.

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Die emigrasie van Suid-Afrikaanse verpleegkundiges om in oorsese lande te werk neem toe ten spyte van pogings om die verskynsel te bekamp.

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