Lobel A Lurie
Cone Health, USA
Title: International Nursing Migration a Realistic Need: Onboarding Strategies for Foreign-Educated Nurses (FEN)
Biography
Biography: Lobel A Lurie
Abstract
The escalating increase in the demand for healthcare workers in the United States links international
workforce migration to fill the need. Cyclic in nature, the global migration of nurses is a major avenue to recruit and retain qualified nursing staff outside the country. The literature in transitioning foreign-educated nurses (FEN) into the workforce has been numerous in the past, however, there is little documentation in the transition utilizing standardized onboarding competencies based on nursing professional development standards, incorporation of lived experiences from current FENs, and onboarding best practices. Guided by Meleis’ Transitions Theory, the three developed onboarding competencies were focused on FEN, Leadership, and Organizational competencies. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological design through the use of semi-structured interview guide utilizes the intentional process of knowing and understanding of integration process by seeking to understand the phenomena and find meaning. The promoted targeted educational investment in foreign-educated nurses could be instrumental in the successful transition to practicefor safe, effective, and efficient delivery of care within the U.S. healthcare.