title: A buddy program for international nurses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY 11572, USA. ryan@adelphi.edu
authors.forename: Marybeth
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: 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