Nursing education in the path of globalization: Promotion or challenge?

Abstract

Globalization has been attracted by great literature and papers of many disciplines in recent years. Although globalization has considerable social, political, and economic effects, it has turned to an important challenge in health-care systems. Nursing, as the largest part of the health system in the world, has also been affected by globalization. The purpose of the present paper is to critique globalization and its impacts on the nursing profession. This review article was conducted by searching for reliable internet resources in the English language on the impact of globalization on nursing. Published articles were searched until 2018, and related articles were extracted in three stages: 1-selection of articles by reading abstract, 2-selection with an overview of the text, and 3-selection with a full review of the article's text. According to the literature of globalization, we categorize and discuss the nursing areas that are affected by globalization in nine areas: global nursing development, nurses emigration,information interchange and interactions in nursing, higher education in nursing, professional territory, nursing specialization, professional ethics, management and supervision, and professional independence. The intensity of globalization effects on the nursing profession has not been the same in all societies, and factors such as compliance of society, culture, and technology are among the most important factors that affect it. Globalization is an inevitable process and brings with itself many prominent promotions such as global nursing development and important challenges such as nursing emigration and ethical issues.

Implementation of COIL in mental health education: Outcomes of a collaboration between Spain and the United States nursing students

“…Ambrose et al (2017) completed a successful pilot study with online peer groups teaching global health with medical students. Opportunities to foster an international perspective are encouraged as part of a vital foundation to nursing education (de Castro et al, 2019;Dorri et al, 2020;Shishani et al, 2012). Our study expands on this research by focusing solely on mental health with undergraduate public health and nursing students using COIL techniques described in section 3.…”

“…Additionally, COIL is relatively new to nursing students, especially a COIL project that centers around the multicultural health care environment that impacts the training of current nursing students as future health care professionals (Dorri et al, 2020). A key goal was to encourage students to develop global critical thinking by interacting with students and faculty of a university from another country.…”

“…Additionally, the topic of mental health is imperative for nurses as they must have the skills and knowledge to address mental illness in their patient populations (Dorri et al, 2020;Naicker et al, 2021). This research reported on the outcomes of a COIL experience sought to introduce students from an University in the U.S. and Spain to a cross-cultural experience in the study of mental health.…”

Impact of COIL: Learning From Student Nurses in Norway Who Collaborated With U.S. Students

“…Global learning for nursing students in higher education is imperative, as nurses need knowledge and skills that address the complex needs of diverse populations ( Dorri et al, 2020 ). Nurse educators in Norway and the United States recognize the importance of incorporating internationalization and population health concepts into nursing curriculum to effectively manage global health needs and reduce associated health inequities ( Morrison-Beedy et al, 2020 ).…”