Aim of qualitative research study is to elucidate the migratory push factors determining locally born and educated registered nurses to migrate from the only tertiary level hospital located in the small island, modern metropolitan capital city. in a country maintaining fairly stable economic and political conditions..
Undoubtedly, in consideration of globalization, an escalation in the number of native RNs migrating from a ''destination nation' for nursing migration, has grabbed the attention of healthcare systems stakeholders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no empirical evidence available to provide answers toward the planning and implementation of policies and strategies to stem the flow of these limited human healthcare resources' out of the nation's public healthcare system.