AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 30, 2007
This Article
Right arrow Extract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
AJPH.2007.120584v1
97/12/2120    most recent
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Polsky, D.
Right arrow Articles by Sochalski, J.
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Polsky, D.
Right arrow Articles by Sochalski, J.
Related Collections
Right arrow Global Health
Right arrow Health Policy
Right arrow Health Professionals
December 2007, Vol 97, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 2120
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120584

LETTER

POLSKY AND SOCHALSKI RESPOND

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{at}mail.med.upenn.edu).

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 hope that this will spell better care for all patients of nurses.

Footnotes

Contributors
Daniel Polsky contributed to the letter. Julie Sochalski drafted the letter.

Accepted for publication June 28, 2007.





This Article
Right arrow Extract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
AJPH.2007.120584v1
97/12/2120    most recent
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Polsky, D.
Right arrow Articles by Sochalski, J.
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Polsky, D.
Right arrow Articles by Sochalski, J.
Related Collections
Right arrow Global Health
Right arrow Health Policy
Right arrow Health Professionals

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2007 by the American Public Health Association