ABSTRACT
There is inevitably a significant tension between the local, which is known and easily accessible, and the global, which can be remote and even alien. Human beings thrive in an environment where they can be in charge of their world, which is usually their own surroundings and involves a fairly limited number of people. A large amount of attention has been paid to the demographic reasons for labour migration, i.e. the increased demands made on healthcare systems by better conditions and interventions in the West and North, and the ageing population worldwide, including the ageing labour force. In a globalised world there is never going to be only one good way of dealing with any subject, and whatever can be said may be relevant for one reader, and not for another, simply because situations and circumstances vary. The value that nursing has in the eyes of governments and policy makers depends largely on value that nurses themselves give it.
