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P A Baj

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PubMed1997

Perioperative nursing challenges for the Russian emigré nurse.

Three San Francisco organizations participated in an integration program that focused on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a unique training project that prepared Russian émigré nurses for employment in the US health care industry. The Russian Nurse Project is a unique program that affiliates émigré nurses with specific language and cultural skills and focuses on the increasing Russian immigrant patient population. The project's implementation and diversity strategies, as they pertain to the perioperative areas of nursing practice in this country, are described.

Communication Barriers↗
PubMed1997

Evaluation of a programme to train Russian émigré nurses.

This project evaluates a curriculum model designed to specifically help Russian émigré nurses overcome major barriers to employment in the United States of America. Training cycles included: vocational English, basic nursing skills, socialization theory, transcultural care theory, clinical preceptorships, job search workshops and NCLEX-RN preparation. Specific learning objectives and outcome criteria were developed, evaluated and adapted for subsequent training cycles based on pilot programme testing.

Curriculum↗
PubMed1995

Integrating the Russian émigré nurse into U.S. nursing.

To meet the challenges of nursing's agenda for healthcare reform, the nursing profession and schools of nursing must recruit and retain nurses who reflect the diversity of the client population they will serve. With the opening of the former Soviet Union to emigration in 1988, Russian émigrés are entering this country in increasing numbers. Many of these newcomers are Russian trained nurses with bicultural sensitivity and Russian language skills who do not possess the skills to practice in the United States. The author describes a tri-institutional project that focused on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a unique training project that prepares Russian nurse émigrés for employment in the U.S. healthcare industry.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗
PubMed1985

Demographic characteristics of RN and generic students: implications for curriculum.

The overwhelming majority of nurses today continue to be prepared at the diploma or associate degree level despite the call of nursing leadership to make the BSN degree the minimum credential for entry into practice. Substantial numbers of registered nurses return to school for a BSN. The purpose of the study was to compare and contrast certain demographic characteristics of RN students with the generic BSN student enrolled in the same program. All junior and senior baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in California colleges and universities which admit RN students to NLN-accredited generic baccalaureate nursing degree programs comprised the study population. There were 3,421 students in the total designated population available for sampling. Of these, 251 actually participated in the study. Findings and implications for Nursing Educators are discussed within the context of the manuscript.

Adult↗