Becoming a Nursing Program Graduate: Transitions and Adaptations by Eastern European Immigrant Students of a Midwest Community College

Authors

Dubravca Iordan, College of Lake County
Gene Roth, Northern Illinois University
Brian Vivona, Northeastern Illinois University

Author ORCID Identifier

Courtney Gallaher:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9510-2509

Melissa Lenczewski:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3549-4947

Publication Title

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

ISSN

15573087

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Community college nursing programs have experienced an increase in Eastern European immigrant students, yet minimal research has been conducted on this demographic. The purpose of this research was to examine the lived experiences of Eastern European nursing graduates English as a second language. In this interpretive qualitative study, participants described their socialization to the United States, their development and academic experience as nursing students, and their perspectives as practicing nurses.

First Page

72

Last Page

76

Publication Date

1-1-2020

DOI

10.1016/j.teln.2019.10.001

Keywords

Cultural competency, ESL nurses, Nursing education

Recommended Citation

Iordan, Dubravca; Roth, Gene; and Vivona, Brian, "Becoming a Nursing Program Graduate: Transitions and Adaptations by Eastern European Immigrant Students of a Midwest Community College" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 565.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niubib/565

Department

Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)