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New program helps internationally trained healthcare professionals become RNs

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 30, 2007

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A California program has received funding to continue helping internationally trained healthcare professionals become nurses, according to The San Diego Business Journal.

The San Diego Welcome Back Center, a statewide initiative funded by The California Endowment to train and counsel internationally trained health professionals living in California, recently obtained an $850,000 federal grant to continue its work. Efforts include helping these internationally trained professionals obtain appropriate U.S. licenses, achieve credentials, and be placed in a job within the United States' healthcare system. The 14-month program also assists in the development of U.S.-specific leadership, management, and advocacy skills. By aiding foreign-trained healthcare professionals enter the medical field in this country, the program helps reduce the nursing shortage while bringing diversity into the workplace.

So far, 60 students have graduated from the program within the last three years, and about 80% of those students are now working as nurses at San Diego County hospitals. The majority of those who took part in the program were doctors or nurses in their home countries. The demand for the course continues to grow-for each 30-seat course, the center receives 100 to 150 applicants.

Sources: The San Diego Business Journal, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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