A buddy program for international nurses.
To help alleviate the nursing shortage, nurses from overseas are being recruited. These nurses must adjust to numerous cultural, social, and organizational experiences. Using Pilette's phases of adjustment and a theoretical framework, the author discusses a Buddy Program that has been instituted in a community hospital to provide support and resources to help international nurses with their earliest phase of acculturation.
Ryan
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Nursing Department, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY 11572, USA. ryan@adelphi.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D009518:New York; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization