Demographic survey of Filipino American nurses

Recruitment of nurses trained in the Philippines is one strategy employed by US hospitals to increase our nursing workforce. As well, some Filipino American nurses obtained their nursing education in US schools. The objective of our study was to describe demographics, years of practice, work status, educational background, job satisfaction, and years to retirement of a sample of Filipino American nurses.

A nonexperimental descriptive study was conducted utilizing a convenience sample of 327 Filipino American nurses.

Filipino American nurses were primarily educated in the Philippines, held BSNs, worked full time, had high job satisfaction, and planned to retire, on average, in 12 years.

The retirement plans of Filipino American nurses recruited to US hospitals during past workforce shortages forecast vacancies of nurses who have consistently worked full time and report high job satisfaction. Current workforce stakeholders should be alerted to these nurses' plans.