Abstract
Employing internationally educated nurses (IENs) to address the nursing workforce shortage is common in many countries, including the United States. This study examined the relationship between unit utilization of IENs and collaboration in U.S. hospitals. Results indicated more IENs on a unit did not significantly affect the collaboration among nurses and between nurses and physicians. The presence of IENs significantly influenced unit nursing characteristics, such as education attainment and unit tenure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 33-40 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Nursing economic$ |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Collaboration
- Cross Sectional Studies
- Data Analysis Software
- Descriptive Statistics
- Female
- Foreign Nurses
- Funding Source
- Hospital Units -- Utilization
- Hospitals -- United States
- Human
- Male
- Middle Age
- Nonexperimental Studies
- One-Way Analysis of Variance
- Scales
- United States