Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
South East Home Care, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Int Nurs Rev. 2022 Jun;69(2):167-174. doi: 10.1111/inr.12668. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
To examine the extent to which the type of financial assistance (personal resources, social programmes and earnings) and source country influence the length of time for internationally educated nurses to secure employment as regulated nurses in Canada.
Internationally educated nurses must professionally recertify in order to work as regulated nurses in Canada. For many, it can be a lengthy, cumbersome and costly process that delays employment, while others recertify and secure employment quickly. Financial assistance in the form of personal resources, or from social programmes or earnings from working could contribute to the length of time to recertify. When internationally educated nurses cannot readily recertify, they turn to survival jobs where they can remain and never practice their profession in Canada or leave the country to work in jurisdictions where it easier to obtain professional credentials.
Data were collected via cross-sectional survey of internationally educated nurses (n = 1186) who were immigrants, permanent residents and employed as regulated nurses. Multiple linear regression was employed to examine the influence of the type of financial assistance (personal resources, social programmes and earnings) and source country on time to regulated nurse employment.
Regression model explained 9.3% of variance in time to regulated nurse employment. Three predictors were statistically significant: source country, social programmes and earnings. Personal resources was not a significant predictor.
Financial assistance helps internationally educated nurses survive the regulated nurse employment gap. The type of financial assistance and source country influences the length of time to regulated nurse employment.
Provides initial evidence to support the development of policies, and educational and social programmes to assist internationally educated nurses with financially surviving the gap in regulated nurse employment.
考察经济援助类型（个人资源、社会计划和收入）和来源国在多大程度上影响国际教育护士在加拿大获得注册护士就业的时间长短。
国际教育护士必须进行专业认证才能在加拿大担任注册护士。对许多人来说，这可能是一个漫长、繁琐和昂贵的过程，会延迟就业，而其他人则可以快速认证并找到工作。以个人资源、社会计划或工作收入的形式提供经济援助，可能会影响认证所需的时间。当国际教育护士无法及时认证时，他们会转而从事生存工作，这些工作使他们能够留在加拿大从事其他职业，或者离开加拿大到更容易获得专业资格的司法管辖区工作。
通过对 1186 名具有移民、永久居民身份并从事注册护士工作的国际教育护士进行横断面调查收集数据。采用多元线性回归分析考察经济援助类型（个人资源、社会计划和收入）和来源国对注册护士就业时间的影响。
回归模型解释了 9.3%的注册护士就业时间差异。三个预测因子具有统计学意义：来源国、社会计划和收入。个人资源不是一个显著的预测因子。
经济援助有助于国际教育护士在注册护士就业差距中生存。经济援助的类型和来源国影响注册护士就业的时间长短。
为制定政策以及教育和社会计划提供了初步证据，以帮助国际教育护士在经济上度过注册护士就业差距。
