Archives
Challenges Facing Internationalisation of Nursing Practice, Nurse Education and Nursing Workforce in Australia
Vicki Parker
CNC Research and Practice Development, Greater Newcastle Sector, Hunter New England Area Health Service, Newcastle NSW
Margaret McMillan
Professor and Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle NSW
Abstract
This paper examines factors that have lead to increasing internationalisation in nursing workforce and nursing education and contends that education and support for nurse managers and nurse academics is required in order to better prepare them for the challenges they will face.
There are many benefits to be gained from internationalisation of nursing, the most significant being greater cross-cultural understanding and improved practices in workplaces across countries. However, the way in which nursing and nurses contribute to the international agenda is crucial to maintaining standards of education and nursing care in Australia and in countries with whom Australians collaborate. Internationalisation poses numerous challenges that need to be carefully thought through. This paper seeks to unravel and scrutinize some of the issues central to internationalisation in nursing, particularly in the Australian context.
Keywords
internationalisation, globalisation, recruitment, nurse education, markets
References
Aiken L, Buchan J, Sochalski, J, Nichols B and Powell M (2004) Trends in International Nurse Migration. Health Affairs 23(3): 68-69.
Altbach P and McGill Peterson P (Eds) (1999) Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response. IHE Research Report Number 29. Institute of International Education. Boston.
Armstrong F (1998) Migration of nurses: finding a sustainable solution. Australian Nursing Journal 11(3).
Buchan J (1999) International Solutions. Nursing Standard 14(11):19-20.
Charmers D and Volet S (1997) Common misconceptions about students from South East Asia studying in Australia. Higher Education and Research Development 16(1): 87-96.
Chikanda A (2005) Nurse migration from Zimbabwe: analysis of recent trends and impacts. Nursing Inquiry 12(3): 162.
Ciesielka D, Conway A, Schumacher G, and Penrose J (2005) Implementing and evaluating a culturally focused curriculum in a collaborative graduate nursing programme. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2(1).
Clifford C (2000) International politics and nursing education: power and control. Nurse Education Today 20: 4-9.
Commonwealth
Department of Health and Ageing (2005), accessed at
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/
Content/publicat-workforce.htm
on 24 December 2006.
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (2002) Getting em n keeping em. Report of the Indigenous Working Group. Canberra.
Commonwealth
Department of Education, Science & Training (2002) Review of Nursing
Education, accessed at
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/
reviews/previous_reviews/national_review_of_nursing_ed/default.htm
on 24 December 2006.
Deumert A, Marginson S, Nyland C, Ramia G, and Sawir, E (2005) The social and economic security of international students in Australia: Study of 202 student cases. Summary report. Melbourne: Monash University.
French P, Anderson J, Burnard P, Holmes C, Mashaba G, Wong T and Bing-hua, Z (1996) International comparison of baccalureate nursing degrees: collaboration in qualitative analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 23(3): 594-602.
Henry B (1998) Globalization, nursing philosophy, and nursing science. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship 30(4): 302.
Hoffman J (1998) Evaluating international ethical climates: A goal programming model. Journal of Business, Dordrecht: Dec.
Holt J, Barrett C, Clarke D and Monks R (2000) The globalisation of nursing knowledge. Nurse Education Today 20: 426-431.
International Council of Nurses (2002) Nurse retention, transfer and migration, accessed at www.icn.ch/psretention.htm on 7 November 2004.
International Development Programme Australia Education (1995) Curriculum Development for Internationalisation. Australian Case Studies and Stocktake.
Ironside P (2004) Covering content and teaching thinking: Deconstructing the additive curriculum. Journal of Nursing Education 43(1): 5-18.
Knight J and De Wit H (eds) (1997) Internationalisation of higher education in Asia Pacific countries. European Association for International Education (EAIE), in cooperation with IDP Education Australia and the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Kumar M (2005) The discursive representation of international undergraduate students: A case study of a higher education institutional site, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Lindeman C (2000) The future of nursing education. Journal of Nurse Education 39(1): 5-12.
Locsin R (2000) Building bridges: Affirming culture in health and nursing, Holistic Nursing Practice Online Oct 2000.
McBurnie G and Pollock A (1998) Transnational Education: An Australian Example, International Higher Education.
McGrath B (1998) Illness as a problem of meaning: moving culture from the classroom into the clinic. Advances in Nursing Science 21(2):17-29.
Messias D (2001) Globalisation, nursing and health for all, Journal of Nursing Scholarship 33(1): 9-11.
Modly D, Polettie P, Zanottie R and Fitzpatrick J (eds) (1995) Advancing Nurse Education Worldwide, Springer, New York.
Moon S (2003) Managing international education: Korean students and student support staff perspectives at UNSW. Paper presented at the 17th IDP International Education Conference, Melbourne.
Mullins G, Quintrell N, and Hancock L (1995) The experiences of international and local students at three Australian universities. Higher Education and Development 14(2): 201-230.
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) (Undated) GATS, FTA and Other Trade Agreements - Implications for Education and Public Services, accessed at www.nteu.org.au/policy/current/global/gats on 6 April 2006.
Nonkelela T (2001) Rural nursing in South Africa. A tale of two cultures. PhD thesis, University of Newcastle, NSW.
Nurses and Midwives Board (2004) Annual Report, accessed at http://www.nmb.nsw.gov.au/Annual-Reports/default.aspx. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
Papadopoulos I, Tilki M and Taylor G (1998) Transcultural care: A guide for health professionals. Salsibury, Quay.
Parker LH (1996) Conceptualising cross-cultural curriculum development. In Abbott J and Willcoxson L (eds) Teaching and Learning Within and across disciplines, p.119-123, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Teaching and Learning Forum, Murdoch University, February 1996 Perth.
Parker V (2006) Towards multiculture in the learning of nursing. PhD thesis, University of Newcastle, NSW.
Richardson F and Carryer J (2005) Teaching cultural safety in a New Zealand education program, Journal of Nursing Education 44(5): 201-209.
Robinson J (1997) Sustainable development: Implications for nursing and midwifery. World Health Organisation Health Systems Development Programme. Geneva. WHO (Nursing/Midwifery Discussion Paper No 1)
Sanner S, Wilson A and Samson L (2002) The experiences of international students in a baccalaureate nursing programme. Journal of Professional Nursing Online 18(4).
Sparacio DC (2005) Winged migration: International nurse recruitment - Friend or foe to the Nursing crisis? Journal of Nursing Law 10(2): 97-115.
Spence D (2003) Nursing people from cultures other than one's own. A perspective from New Zealand, Contemporary Nurse: Advances in Transcultural Nursing 15(3): 222-232.
Spence D (2001) Prejudice, paradox and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 12(2): 100-106.
Thorne S (1997) Global consciousness in nursing: An ethnographic study of nurses with an international perspective. Journal of Nursing Education 36(9): 437-442.
Way N, Thomson J and Treadgold T (2005) University challenge: Education exports at risk. Business Review Weekly, January 27-February 2.
World Health Organisation (WHO) (1994) Nursing beyond the year 2000: Report of WHO study group, (WHO Technical Report Series, No 842) Geneva.
World Health Organisation (WHO) (2005) Preparing a health care workforce for the 21st Century, accessed at http://www.who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/workforce_report.pdf on 27 December 2006.
Xu Y and Davidhizar R (2005) Intercultural communication in Nursing Education: When Asian students and American faculty converge. Journal of Nursing Education 44(5): 209-216.
eContent Home