Foreign Nurses: Global Migration, Competencies and Socialization
For many countries, global migration of foreign nurses has become essential for their nursing workforce. For the U.S, migration of foreign nurses has been helping with the high demand for nurses and has been providing adequate patient-center care for the many different cultures around the country. Many foreign nurses have difficult transitioning from their origin norms to the U.S norms which sometimes makes difficult for foreign nurses to understand and socialize to the scope and standards developed by the The American Nurses Association, which are “the duties that all registered nurses, regardless of role, population, or specialty, are expected to perform competently” (American …show more content…
“Migrating nurses are sometimes referred to as foreign-educated nurses or [Internationally Educated Nurses] IENs” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 47). Migration of IENs to the U.S have significantly been helping the nursing shortage and to “diversify the nursing workforce” for over five decades (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 47).
U.S has a large diversity of different cultures, which stresses the capacity of the nursing system to provide the most adequate patient-center care caused by either language or customs barriers. Many patients find themselves more comfortable with nurses with their similar ethnicity, “which is believed to enhanced patient-provider communication,” therefore “IENs can be vital resource contributing to knowledge and understanding of health care beliefs, language, culture, and values of similar international groups” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 50).
Roles and Responsibilities for the Profession of Nursing
Obstacles and Actions for …show more content…
IENs wanting to practice in the U.S “must first provide evidence they meet educational standards set by the particular state’s nurse practice act before granted approval to take the NCLEX-RN” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 48). Since the nursing profession depends highly on good and clear communication skills to provide patient with the best patient-center care (Newton et al, 2012), IENs are required to learn the language and pass the “Test of English as a Foreign Language or the International English Language Testing Service” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 48). Some studies reported by Newton et al (2012) have shown for IENs that “language is the most significant barrier to successfully gaining employment as well as integrating within the foreign country” (p. 537). Another important aspect for nursing is the “quality and safety competencies,” where “nurses from different countries may different philosophical views of nursing and beliefs about human rights and social justice that influence ethical safe practice” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 49). Thanks to the Texas Board of Nursing, “the Board may recognize, prepare, or implement continuing competency programs for license holders under this chapter and may require participation in
For many countries, global migration of foreign nurses has become essential for their nursing workforce. For the U.S, migration of foreign nurses has been helping with the high demand for nurses and has been providing adequate patient-center care for the many different cultures around the country. Many foreign nurses have difficult transitioning from their origin norms to the U.S norms which sometimes makes difficult for foreign nurses to understand and socialize to the scope and standards developed by the The American Nurses Association, which are “the duties that all registered nurses, regardless of role, population, or specialty, are expected to perform competently” (American …show more content…
“Migrating nurses are sometimes referred to as foreign-educated nurses or [Internationally Educated Nurses] IENs” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 47). Migration of IENs to the U.S have significantly been helping the nursing shortage and to “diversify the nursing workforce” for over five decades (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 47).
U.S has a large diversity of different cultures, which stresses the capacity of the nursing system to provide the most adequate patient-center care caused by either language or customs barriers. Many patients find themselves more comfortable with nurses with their similar ethnicity, “which is believed to enhanced patient-provider communication,” therefore “IENs can be vital resource contributing to knowledge and understanding of health care beliefs, language, culture, and values of similar international groups” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 50).
Roles and Responsibilities for the Profession of Nursing
Obstacles and Actions for …show more content…
IENs wanting to practice in the U.S “must first provide evidence they meet educational standards set by the particular state’s nurse practice act before granted approval to take the NCLEX-RN” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 48). Since the nursing profession depends highly on good and clear communication skills to provide patient with the best patient-center care (Newton et al, 2012), IENs are required to learn the language and pass the “Test of English as a Foreign Language or the International English Language Testing Service” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 48). Some studies reported by Newton et al (2012) have shown for IENs that “language is the most significant barrier to successfully gaining employment as well as integrating within the foreign country” (p. 537). Another important aspect for nursing is the “quality and safety competencies,” where “nurses from different countries may different philosophical views of nursing and beliefs about human rights and social justice that influence ethical safe practice” (Sherwood & Shaffer, 2014, p. 49). Thanks to the Texas Board of Nursing, “the Board may recognize, prepare, or implement continuing competency programs for license holders under this chapter and may require participation in