International collaboration in the Nursing agenda in the coming decades

Abstract

The society requires from healthcare professionals the responsibility for developing, maintaining and optimizing both the quality of care provided to citizens and the health system integrity as a whole. The frequent changing in health context, with increased economic and social costs in parallel to financial cuts in the health sector worldwide, requires the proposition of new solutions to effectively and efficiently address these society demands. International collaboration is a useful tool in this context since it is recognized by increasing the capacity to tackle complex problems from a variety of perspectives, allowing identify comprehensive research issues that consider health disparities, the particularities of different health systems, just as the cultural influence in all areas of health in addition to foster the development of research skills. If well established, its results have the power to influence health treatments worldwide by properly informing healthcare policy-makers and thus contributing to the promotion and restoration of health as well as the well-being and comfort of general population, including vulnerable and marginalized groups.Universities along with organizations and professional associations, have a key role in the promotion and management of international collaboration, because this common agenda needs to be based on and generate scientific evidence. Thus, research is at the core of these collaborations. In addition, universities have the role of educating nurses engaged in the evidence-based care with an open mind to internationalization. Through graduate study programs, promotion of partnerships including master, doctoral and post-doctoral students results in researchers with the necessary tools to establish future partnerships. Universities still have a central role to catalyze the gathering of not only researchers but also professionals, managers and users of the health system in the joint determination of priorities for action, in the evaluation of relevance and adequacy of the proposed strategies and in the appraisal of results obtained, turning them into recommendations for clinical practice.The potential success of such a partnership depends on careful and strategic planning (1) , which includes the establishment of the expected benefits of the project as well as its feasibility from a financial point of view. Common sources of funding are possible; however, as such competitions are relatively limited and

International Collaboration and New Research Evidence on Nanda International Terminology

“…Regardless of being an undergraduate student, a graduate student or a faculty professor with a PhD, participating in international programs offered by universities results in research with the necessary tools to establish future partnerships (Gallani, 2016). In addition, we highlight that there are members from a diversity of countries working with NANDA-I, which increases cooperation possibilities.…”

“…Clinical research. International collaboration has been recognized as a tool that enhances the ability to address complex problems from a variety of perspectives (Gallani, 2016). A priority in terms of diagnostic development is clinical research, preferably conducted by researchers from different countries (Avena et al, 2019;Dias Emidio et al, 2020;Linch et al, 2014).…”

“…In addition, universities play a key role in educating nurses involved in the provision of evidence-based care, which should be accomplished with an open mind to internationalization. Universities also have the central role of catalyzing the reunion of not only researchers but also healthcare professionals, managers, and users in order to cooperatively determine action priorities, to evaluate their relevance and adequacy, and to measure the outcomes achieved, translating them into recommendations for clinical practice (Gallani, 2016).…”

“…In addition, it can respond to the demands of the nursing scientific community, as it broadens the approach to complex problems by considering a variety of clinical scenarios with research potential. Moreover, it allows identifying broad research questions that consider the particularities of different health systems, as well as fostering the development of research skills (Gallani, 2016).…”

Building an International Partnership to Develop Advanced Practice Nurses in Anesthesia Settings: Using a Theory-Driven Approach

“…Health care providers need to interact with people of similar as well as diverse cultural backgrounds in current health care system. The collaboration across countries and cultures could advance culturally congruent health care delivery (Gallani, 2016). Thus, in our current globalized world, international collaboration is vital for services, education, and research in all the disciplines.…”