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Daniel Polsky, PhD and Julie Sochalski, PhD, RN

Daniel Polsky is with the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Julie Sochalski is with the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Daniel Polsky, 423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall, Rm 1212, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu).

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We appreciate the letter from Betlehem et al. and the information on the growth of educational opportunities for Hungarian nurses and the consequences of those efforts. The experience in Hungary confirms our analysis of nurses working in the United States: the skill level among nurses educated abroad is comparable to that of nurses educated in the United States. As the demand for university-trained nurses grows globally, countries like Hungary that undertake these educational reforms may see a greater percentage of their nursing work-force emigrate. If this migration encourages other countries to raise their standards for nursing education, we can only . . . [Full Text]