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The "New Aristocrats:" Filipino Nurses, Cultural Capital, and the Nurse Shortage
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Beginning in 2001, U.S. health care facilities have begun recruiting from the Philippines due to a national shortage of registered nurses which is anticipated to decline 20% below the national requirements by 2020. This paper examines the experiences of recently recruited nurses from the Philippines and how they internalize their discursive constructions as �ideal� nurses for global workplaces and as the �new aristocrats� of the Philippine state. I explore how these nurses utilize these constructions as a form of cultural capital as immigrants and potential American citizens. I argue that while the discursive constructions have potential for creating exploitative working situations, Filipinos draw from them as a source of cultural capital and as a coping and survival strategy in an intimidating work environment as they deal with multiple social and institutional barriers in a foreign workplace. I also discuss the complexities of such internalization within the context of embracing their newfound class identity and their pursuit of the �American Dream.� This paper is based on in-depth interviews of nurses working in Texas and Arizona between 2004-06 and are on two-year renewable contracts and EB-3 visas.
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Guevarra, Anna Romina. "The "New Aristocrats:" Filipino Nurses, Cultural Capital, and the Nurse Shortage" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2008-10-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104975_index.html>

Guevarra, A. P. , 2006-08-10 "The "New Aristocrats:" Filipino Nurses, Cultural Capital, and the Nurse Shortage" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2008-10-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104975_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Beginning in 2001, U.S. health care facilities have begun recruiting from the Philippines due to a national shortage of registered nurses which is anticipated to decline 20% below the national requirements by 2020. This paper examines the experiences of recently recruited nurses from the Philippines and how they internalize their discursive constructions as �ideal� nurses for global workplaces and as the �new aristocrats� of the Philippine state. I explore how these nurses utilize these constructions as a form of cultural capital as immigrants and potential American citizens. I argue that while the discursive constructions have potential for creating exploitative working situations, Filipinos draw from them as a source of cultural capital and as a coping and survival strategy in an intimidating work environment as they deal with multiple social and institutional barriers in a foreign workplace. I also discuss the complexities of such internalization within the context of embracing their newfound class identity and their pursuit of the �American Dream.� This paper is based on in-depth interviews of nurses working in Texas and Arizona between 2004-06 and are on two-year renewable contracts and EB-3 visas.

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