Exploring nursing roles across North American borders

Alice F Kuehn; Andrea Chircop; Barbara Downe-Wamboldt; Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine; Donna Murnaghan; Judy Elliott; Kim Critchley; Neil S MacNaughton; Lourdes Méndez; Lucille Wittstock; Guadalupe Ramírez; Sabrina Arteaga; Silvia Espinoza; Rosemary Herbert; Tess Judge-Ellis; Velia Cárdenas

doi:10.3928/0022-0124-20050701-06

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Exploring nursing roles across North American borders

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Exploring nursing roles across North American borders

Alice F Kuehn, Andrea Chircop, Barbara Downe-Wamboldt, Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine, Donna Murnaghan, Judy Elliott, Kim Critchley, Neil S MacNaughton, Lourdes Méndez, Lucille Wittstock, …

The Journal of continuing education in nursing, Vol.36(4), pp.153-186

07/2005

DOI: 10.3928/0022-0124-20050701-06

PMID: 16121493

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Abstract

Professional nurses are challenged by the increasing complexity of their own healthcare delivery systems and by the growing interconnectivity of healthcare systems worldwide. There are increasing calls for practice across boundaries; however, the role and scope of nursing practice within individual countries are often unclear, ill-defined, and misunderstood by nurses from other countries. In this collaborative educational project among six schools of nursing located in Canada, México, and the United States, nursing students and faculty are exploring the role of the nurse within each country's healthcare system while striving to develop their multicultural awareness. Participating faculty describe the process, challenges, and keys to success found in creating and living this international project. They share strategies for addressing challenges, which included meeting deadlines, time differences, differing academic schedules, writing joint documents in two languages, designing and presenting a shared course, and creating an exchange process between the six partner schools. They describe the evolution of their working relationships, the language challenges, and the joy of coming together as newfound colleagues and friends.

Canada

Cultural Diversity

Mexico

United States

Attitude of Health Personnel

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration

Nurse's Role

Professional Autonomy

Attitude to Health - ethnology

Humans

Transcultural Nursing - organization & administration

Cooperative Behavior

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

International Educational Exchange

Program Development

Schools, Nursing - organization & administration

Faculty, Nursing - organization & administration

Communication Barriers

Nursing Education Research

Program Evaluation

Students, Nursing - psychology

Transcultural Nursing - education

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Title: Subtitle: Exploring nursing roles across North American borders
Creators: Alice F Kuehn - University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
Andrea Chircop
Barbara Downe-Wamboldt
Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine
Donna Murnaghan
Judy Elliott
Kim Critchley
Neil S MacNaughton
Lourdes Méndez
Lucille Wittstock
Guadalupe Ramírez
Sabrina Arteaga
Silvia Espinoza
Rosemary Herbert
Tess Judge-Ellis
Velia Cárdenas
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The Journal of continuing education in nursing, Vol.36(4), pp.153-186
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.3928/0022-0124-20050701-06
PMID: 16121493
ISSN: 0022-0124
eISSN: 1938-2472
Language: English
Date published: 07/2005
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9984064141202771

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