Abstract
The emigration of nurses from South Africa to work in overseas countries continues to increase despite efforts to curb this phenomenon.
 
 Opsomming
 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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Highlights
AND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONMigration can be defined as movement from one place to another (Oxford Handy Dictionary, 1991:552)
In accordance with the data produced by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) programme, the number of non-responses are indicated in the tables
A survey conducted among professional and managerial workers found the two most important rea-. These findings indicate that improved remuneration and fringe benefits are closely followed by the need for government to appoint people in frozen posts, eliminate corruption within government and improve the safety and security situation in South Africa
Summary
AND BACKGROUND INFORMATIONMigration can be defined as movement from one place to another (Oxford Handy Dictionary, 1991:552). This finding was to be expected in terms of the target population, namely registered nurses pursuing post-basic programmes with a distance education institution. As 52.1% of the respondents’ ages did not exceed 40 and 89.7% did not exceed 50 years of age, it could be assumed that these respondents might provide useful information pertaining to the emigration of nurses from the RSA, as most nurses who emigrate would need to be younger than 50, if not 40, to obtain work permits in foreign countries and to make the emigration process worth their while
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