Background: Brain drains in nursing involve the migration of highly skilled nurses from their home nation to another country in search of better working conditions. To assess undergraduate nursing students' perceptions towards brain drains among nurses in Nigeria. Methodology: A descriptive survey was conducted among 207 students in the Department of Nursing Science, Bingham University. A Stratified proportionate sampling technique was used to distribute the instrument for data collection based on the class size from 100 to 500 levels. A Self-structured google form questionnaire was used. Data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel version 2022, and results were presented in tables using frequencies, percentages, and mean. Results: Majority (85%) of the respondents were female; the mean age was 23 years. The majority held favorable views towards nurses’ migration out of Nigeria as shown by the mean score of 3.40. Despite recognizing the negative consequences on healthcare delivery in Nigeria, Nurses did not support controlling the migrations. Factors identified as responsible for driving nurses abroad includes poor governance, political instability, poor socioeconomic growth, high paying jobs and desire to settle in abroad. Consequences resulting from migration included shortage of skilled nurse-midwives, high mortality rate, compromised health care delivery and a decline in socio economic growth of the country. Strategies proposed to preventing future occurrences included good governance, job opportunities, nursing empowerment and opportunities for career and education advancement. Conclusion: This revealed the desire of respondents to travel abroad was a great motivation and it correspond to their choice of studying nursing.
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