Internationally educated nurses’ reflections on nursing communication in Canada

Abstract

Clear communication from regulators about English language and nursing communication requirements during the pre-arrival period is recommended. If bridging education is required, these programs need to be designed to address English language competency and nursing communication skills of non-native English speakers.

Internationally educated nurses in Canada: perceived benefits of bridging programme participation

“…Comparing IENs' perceptions by source country highlights the heterogeneity of the IEN population as a factor that influences the type of support required to successfully integrate into the destination country's nursing workforce (Lum et al. ). This evidence can help policymakers tailor support and educational programme curricula to address IENs' unique upgrading needs which may be greater for IENs from countries where the education system, professional practise models and healthcare systems differ greatly from the destination country.…”

The evaluation of evidence‐informed changes to an internationally educated nurse registration process

“…Increased transparency and communication about the complex process can decrease uncertainty and frustration among IENs and stakeholders (Lum et al. ). Sharing timeline analyses helped stakeholders understand that often delays occurred during parts of the process over which CARNA had no control, for example time to complete courses.…”

“…Regulators are responsible for quality, safe nursing care and therefore must ensure that IENs have equivalent competencies to Canadian‐educated nurses (Sherwood & Shaffer ) using evidence‐informed, fair and transparent registration processes (Lum et al. ; Ohr et al. ).…”

What do employers think their role is in ensuring language proficiency of internationally trained pharmacists

“…It is known that internationally trained healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, face numerous challenges in their adaptation process into the host heal the care system . Where English is a foreign language, the literature on ITNs and ITDs has identified language and communication barriers as a root cause for issues related to adaptation and integration of these healthcare professionals into the workforce, with some studies raising the potential impact of communication problems on patient safety and quality of care …”

“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Where English is a foreign language, the literature on ITNs and ITDs has identified language and communication barriers as a root cause for issues related to adaptation and integration of these healthcare professionals into the workforce, with some studies raising the potential impact of communication problems on patient safety and quality of care. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Only one qualitative study undertaken in GB has explored communicative proficiency of ITPs and its potential impact on patient safety. [20] This study showed that, besides inadequate oral proficiency in English, different dialects, use of idioms and colloquial language could cause difficulties to ITPs.…”