Kolawole B
Hematology/Oncology Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Int Nurs Rev. 2009 Jun;56(2):184-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00666.x.
To analyse critically the waste in human capital of Ontario's internationally educated nurses resulting from unemployment or underemployment.
Globalization of the nursing workforce is resulting in more and more internationally educated nurses migrating to Canada every year. In Ontario, internationally educated nurses represent 11% of the total nursing workforce but many are unable to become registered in Ontario. According to the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), 40% of internationally educated nurse applicants never complete the application process and thus never become Registered Nurses in Ontario. Systemic barriers that prevent registration in Ontario can result from any of the seven requirements for completing the application process. The inability of internationally educated nurses to become registered is significant, considering the national and global nursing shortage. In addition, the inability to become registered results in tremendous waste of human capital, especially in developing countries that have invested financially in educating nurses. Although several programmes have been implemented in Ontario for internationally educated nurses, barriers exist in the design and administration of these programmes, and these are described.
An opinion piece of international interest and a human interest piece.
Internationally educated nurses face significant barriers, which prevent their integration into the Ontario healthcare system. Several policy and management strategies are outlined that could be implemented to ease their integration into the Ontario healthcare system.
批判性地分析安大略省国际教育背景护士因失业或就业不足而导致的人力资本浪费情况。
护理劳动力的全球化导致每年有越来越多国际教育背景的护士移民到加拿大。在安大略省，国际教育背景护士占护士劳动力总数的11%，但许多人无法在安大略省注册。根据安大略省护士学院（CNO）的数据，40%的国际教育背景护士申请人从未完成申请流程，因此从未在安大略省成为注册护士。完成申请流程的七项要求中的任何一项都可能导致阻止在安大略省注册的系统性障碍。考虑到国家和全球护理短缺的情况，国际教育背景护士无法注册的问题十分严重。此外，无法注册导致人力资本的巨大浪费，尤其是在那些在护士教育方面进行了财政投资的发展中国家。尽管安大略省已经为国际教育背景护士实施了多个项目，但这些项目在设计和管理方面存在障碍，本文对此进行了描述。
一篇具有国际影响力的观点文章和一篇人文关怀文章。
国际教育背景护士面临重大障碍，这阻碍了他们融入安大略省医疗保健系统。本文概述了一些可以实施的政策和管理策略，以促进他们融入安大略省医疗保健系统。
