Forms of capital as facilitators of internationally educated nurses’ integration into the registered nursing workforce in Canada
Abstract
We used interview data to explore internationally educated nurses’ perceptions of the factors that facilitated their integration into the registered nursing workforce in Canada. The participants perceived that a variety of interrelated factors facilitated their integration. The identified factors seem to reflect forms of capital. Economic capital (availability of financial resources) and cultural capital (language proficiency and competency in professional vocabulary) enabled the participants to use other forms of capital to become registered and employed in Canada. Providing financial resources and interventions to develop their language skills may assist internationally educated nurses with more rapidly integrating into the country’s nursing workforce.
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Despite significant changes to registration processes from 2007 to 2018, there is little reported change in the experiences of IENs during this period.
“For example, despite significant changes to registration processes from 2007 to 2018, there is little reported change in the experiences of IENs during this period [119–122,125,127,129,156,158,181,186,187,207].”
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- Authors
- Covell, C. L., Neiterman, E., & Bourgeault, I. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
- Venue
- Canadian Public Policy
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- Supplement 1
- Pages
- S150-S161
- ISSN
- 0317-0861 (ISSN-L)
- 1911-9917
- OpenAlex
- W4248901814
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Public Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Global Health Workforce Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Keywords
- internationally educated nurses, forms of capital, economic capital, cultural capital, language proficiency, professional terminology, nursing employment
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