ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I argue that the need for nursing is a global demand, and yet, the management of the occupation is systematically practiced within the unequal notions of gender and ethnicity, which are both, simultaneously, localised and globalised. This paradox creates what Kingma (2006) calls a ‘carousal’ effect, where internationally educated nurses jump from one country to another in search for career advancement and opportunities.
To address the transnational management of nurses and the complex nuances within sites of knowledge production on the praxis, this chapter provides an overview of the book. The book endeavours to ‘situate’ a story on the recruitment and placement of 75 Filipino nurses by Finnish public and private representatives during the years 2007 to 2010. The situated story, or ‘situation’, is framed with transnational feminist and critical human resource management theories. Subsequently, I illustrate how I map to situate the story in order to moblise both histories and geographies of power in the formation years of Finnish migration policies of attracting skilled migrant workers.
