How Educate Internationally-Educated Nurses: Perceptions of Nursing Administrators (80307)
Session Chair: Clarisa G Quan
Saturday, 15 June 2024 13:15
Session: Session 3
Room: Salle 269
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
The number of foreign nurses via the Economic Partnership Agreement system has been increasing in Japan, it is crucial to promote the stable employment of Internationally-Educated Nurses (IENs). This study will allow us to better understand the conditions under IENs, and by discussing refer to evidence of Western countries that accept more IENs than Japan, we can lead to effective education and support for IENs. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the key factors for the effective education and support for IENs from the perspective nursing administrators. This study applied a qualitative descriptive approach. A semi-structured interview was conducted to nine nurse administrators were chosen based on a purposive sampling method. Each interview was recorded and transcribed, after which it was analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. Four categories were extracted as key factors: "Clarification of career path", "Support for improving language skills", "Support for their career reconstruction", "Comprehensive support". The outcome suggested that nursing administrators need to; to make a clear policy how to develop IENs as valuable human resources, to provide continued support to improve their language skills, to create of guidelines from the perspective of the career development of foreign-educated nurses, clarify the individual goals, and to share values, beliefs, and communication styles each other’s. These things could enable IENs to acquire the necessary cultural knowledge and appropriate skills necessary for performing their duties and the ultimate profession of them, which can lead to their growth and improve quality of care in clinical setting.
Authors:
Chiharu Miyata, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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