Nurse Migration

Question 1

There are more nurses today than at any time in history. yet a global
nursing shortage threatens to cripple health care systems worldwide.
Because the underlying causes are complex and vary in different
regions, a simple. short-term fix will not remedy the situation.

Answer 1

threaten
cripple: disable
complex and vary
short-term fix will not remedy

Question 2

Nurse migration is hardly a recent phenomenon

Answer 2

phenomenon

Question 3

The Philippines have
for years trained many more nurses than the country needs, with thousands
working abroad and sending money to relatives back home (nearing
$ 1 billion annually). From that standpoint. migration of nurses from
poorer to wealthier countries would appear to benefit all involved.

Answer 3

sending money to relatives back home
from that standpoint
would appear to benefit all involved.

Question 4

In African countries where the HIV / AIDS epidemic is rampant.
some patients go untreated not because lifesaving drugs are
unavailable but because there are not enough nurses to administer them.

Answer 4

epidemic
rampant: widespread
lifesaving
go untreated
administer

Question 5

the nursing shortage largely stems from an aging population. who require more health care services. coupled with a dwindling supply of nurses. many
of whom are likewise nearing retirement age, with fewer young people preparing to replace them.

Answer 5

stem: to come from, originate
shortage
require
dwindling
likewise
preparing

Question 6

A common thread among nurse-importing countries

Answer 6

…

Question 7

Widespread nurse migration helps neither the host country nor the
country of origin in the long run, does nothing to remedy the underlying
cause of the shortage, and results in millions of people being deprived of
the health care they need.

Answer 7

widespread
neither....nor
long run
remedy
deprive of...

Question 8

The 1 . . . . . . . . . . . of nurses in developing nations is largely caused by nurses leaving their countries to work 2 .. . . . . … . . . .
It is difficult for poorer nations to retain their nurses because better salaries and living conditions
3 … . . . . . . . . many nurses to work in wealthier countries. When
nurses migrate to other countries, there are fewer 4 . . . . . . . . . . . health caregivers left in their own countries. The lack of trained doctors as well as
nurses means that health care is often 5 . . . . . . . . . . . by workers who have
only 6 . . . . . . . . . . . skills.

Answer 8

1: shortage
2: abroad
3: lure
4: qualified
5: administered
6: rudimentary

Question 9

The disease spread rampantly

throughout the region.

Answer 9

rampancy
rampant
rampantly

Question 10

Lack of proper medical care can

shorten a patient’s life.

Answer 10

shortage
shorten
short
shortly

Question 11

Many nurses vacate their jobs in
their native countries in favour of
better positions elsewhere.

Answer 11

vacant
vacancy
vacate: to leave a room, building, chair, etc. so that it is available for other people:
vacantly

Question 12

Nurses are in 1 . . . . . . . . . . supply in many parts of the world. There are many reasons for this lack of nurses; the issue is filled with 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
A solution needs to be found soon, because the problem has become3 . . . . . . . . . . . When nurses 4 . . . . . . . . . . their positions at hospitals and health
care centers, it is not easy to find other nurses to replace them. The
ability to administer health care where it is needed is crippled when
there are not enough 5 . . . . . . . . . . nurses.

Answer 12

1: short
2: complexities
3: rampant
4: vacate
5: qualified

Question 13

1 . Work at the health care centre came to a standstill because there was not enough money to pay the staff.
standstill:
2. The new nurse has been a real standout with excellent reviews from doctors and patients alike.
standout ___________ _

Answer 13

l . a situation where something stops or stands still

2. a person or thing that is much better than all others