title: Nursing in Switzerland: struggling to maintain quality and ideals.
abstract: After an edited transcript of an interview with a nurse leader, Teodora Duarte, RN; MA, on nursing in Switzerland, the author further discusses the challenges and opportunities facing nursing in that country from a global perspective. Also discussed are some of the advantages and problems of international nursing, in particular nurses who migrate to work in other countries or commute across national borders.
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Professor, Hunter College of the City University of New York sbaumann@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: International Nursing; Nursing; Switzerland