Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
School of Management Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Int Nurs Rev. 2018 Sep;65(3):400-407. doi: 10.1111/inr.12430. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
To examine internationally educated nurses' perceptions of the extent to which participating in bridging programmes is beneficial for preparing to practise nursing in Canada.
Internationally educated nurses continue to migrate from low-income to high-income countries. Many experience challenges when attempting to practise their profession in the destination country. Canada and other top destination countries offer educational support, such as bridging programmes, to assist internationally educated nurses' with preparing to practise nursing in the destination country. The research evidence falls short in demonstrating the usefulness of bridging programmes.
A subsample of 360 internationally educated nurse participants from a Canadian cross-sectional survey conducted in 2014. All were permanent residents, employed as regulated nurses and participants of bridging programmes. Multiple linear regression was employed to examine the influence of internationally educated nurses' human capital (academic preparation, language proficiency, professional experience) and the economic status of their source country on perceived benefits of bridging programme participation.
Regression model explained 11.5% of variance in perceived benefits of bridging programme participation. Two predictors were statistically significant: source country and professional experience.
Bridging programmes help internationally educated nurses address gaps in their cultural, practical and theoretical knowledge. Source country and amount of professionally experience influences the extent to which internationally educated nurses benefit from participating in bridging programmes in Canada.
Provides emerging evidence for decision-makers globally when developing policies and supports to help internationally educated nurses integrate into the destination country's nursing workforce.
调查国际教育护士对参加衔接课程对在加拿大从事护理工作的准备程度的看法。
国际教育护士继续从低收入国家向高收入国家迁移。许多人在试图在目的地国家从事自己的职业时遇到挑战。加拿大和其他顶级目的地国家提供教育支持，如衔接课程，以帮助国际教育护士为在目的地国家从事护理工作做准备。研究证据未能证明衔接课程的有用性。
这是 2014 年进行的加拿大横断面调查的一个子样本，其中包括 360 名国际教育护士参与者。他们都是永久居民，作为注册护士受雇，并且是衔接课程的参与者。采用多元线性回归分析国际教育护士的人力资本（学术准备、语言熟练程度、专业经验）和来源国的经济状况对衔接课程参与的感知益处的影响。
回归模型解释了感知到的衔接课程参与益处的 11.5%的差异。有两个预测因素具有统计学意义：来源国和专业经验。
衔接课程帮助国际教育护士弥补文化、实践和理论知识的差距。来源国和专业经验的数量影响国际教育护士在加拿大参加衔接课程从中受益的程度。
为全球决策者在制定政策和支持措施时提供了新的证据，以帮助国际教育护士融入目的地国家的护理劳动力。
