title: Orienting foreign nurse graduates through preceptors.
abstract: Many staff development departments have difficulty orienting foreign nurse graduates. Some of the difficulties foreign nurses themselves have are described in this article, as are difficulties American nurses have in orienting them. Nursing preceptors trained to understand and solve the problems of foreign nurse graduates may make orientation more successful for the nurse and the unit.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods*