Internationally Educated Nurses: Building Capacity for Clinical/Nurse Managers

Internationally educated nurses: building capacity for clinical/nurse managers.

The purpose of this demonstration project was to provide clinical nurse managers with resources to increase their knowledge and confidence in hiring, managing and retaining internationally educated nurses (IENs). Two teaching hospitals, two organizations providing educational and other support programs for IENs, a community settlement organization and a nursing research unit collaborated in the...

Internationally educated nurses in Canada: predictors of workforce integration

BACKGROUND Global trends in migration accompanied with recent changes to the immigrant selection process may have influenced the demographic and human capital characteristics of internationally educated nurses (IENs) in Canada and in turn the assistance required to facilitate their workforce integration. This study aimed to describe the demographic and human capital profile of IENs in Canada, t...

Learning from experience: improving the process of internationally educated nurses' application for registration - a study protocol.

AIM This study aims to improve the efficiency of the application for registration process for internationally educated nurses seeking licensure to practice. BACKGROUND The licensure and employment of internationally educated nurses has been one strategy to address the global nursing shortage. However, little is known about which application characteristics relate to success in obtaining licen...

Capacity Building to Improve Hospital Managers’ Performance in West Asia

The transitioning experiences of internationally-educated nurses into a Canadian health care system: A focused ethnography

BACKGROUND Beyond well-documented credentialing issues, internationally-educated nurses (IENs) may need considerable support in transitioning into new social and health care environments. This study was undertaken to gain an understanding of transitioning experiences of IENs upon relocation to Canada, while creating policy and practice recommendations applicable globally for improving the quali...