Service learning and study abroad opportunities have become increasingly popular in nursing education in the past decade. The purpose of this systematic review was to explore existing literature concerning global health experiences in nursing education. Twenty-three empirical articles from 2003 to 2010 were reviewed, building upon existing reviews of international nursing education literature. Research on two-way exchange experiences and models for best practice were found to be lacking. While an array of countries were represented as the visiting or hosting side of the experience, few co-authors from host countries were found, particularly in literature originating from the U.S. The authors recommend that two-way exchange programs be evaluated to identify successful strategies and barriers to success. Ongoing evaluation of exchanges is necessary to ensure continued sustainable partnership and exchange in immersion experiences for nursing students.

Altogether, our findings suggest that BSES translated into Portuguese may be a reliable and valid measure to assess maternal BSE in Brazilian culture. Minor changes may be needed to use it in other Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Mozambique.

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Hospitals as research environments are crucial in advancing evidence-based practice and translational research. The authors discuss issues related to hospital-based nursing research such as institutional review board approval, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, structure, unit characteristics, and nurse staffing as well as research-related issues such as study purpose and design, participant recruitment, and research personnel. Strategies and suggestions for nurse executives to assist researchers in overcoming recruitment challenges are presented.Nursing research provides evidence for best practices by offering answers to the questions raised by nurses in clinical and community settings. An active nursing research program in healthcare organizations encourages all levels of nursing personnel to find answers to clinical questions and incorporate the findings into clinical practice. Although the intended outcome of an active nursing research program is quality care, there is considerable variation among organizations in building and conducting such programs. Some organizations limit nursing research to dissemination of research findings to clinical staff (1,2). Others, such as those that have achieved American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet status and have active nursing research programs (3), use Donabedian principles of structure and process to evaluate quality (4).