title: Foreign-educated nurses: strangers in a strange land?
abstract: Review a model for seemlessly integrating foreign-educated nurses into your unit.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Terry V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Bola
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Driggers
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dunlap
authors.forename: Markita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebersole
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003142:Communication; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004645:Empathy; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing