Maggie Roberts on behalf of the Nottingham Team (Carol Hall, Mary Brown and Aaron Fecowycz)The University of Nottingham, UK.

Wo r k I n g Across Borders

The Aim

To identify the training requirements and nursing skills for mobility* for working

nurses.

* The term Mobility here embraces the movement of nurses, patients and workforce colleagues. Travel may be European, international long term or transient, result from incoming migration to a country or outward migration to another, and may include circular or transitional migration between countries.

EU Funding

This project was made possible by:- Leonardo Da Vinci Lifelong Learning Funding

– The application was for the mobility stream and so the emphasis was on travel,

– – The emphasis was on the cross cultural sharing of ideas

– And learning about each others’ health care systems and practices

Staging The Work

1. This project took place over a two year period.

2. It involved a series of educational dialogues

3. It included visits to each other’s countries

4. Was shaped by investigative inquiry with post registration student practitioners

BelgiumFinlandGermanyIrelandPortugalTurkey UK

Project Partners

A.I.

Appreciate inquiry

Derived from organisational change model,

It is humanistic, valuing peoples views

It focuses on best practice and positive approaches

It affirms good practice

It stimulates the imagination

And asks why not ?

WP 1 = Project Steering

WP 2 = Dreaming - Creating a Vision of the International Nurse

WP 3 = Discovering – Identifying Skills for Mobility

WP 4 = Discovering - Best Practice Mobility Education / Preparation

WP 5 = Discovering - The Organisational Contribution to Mobility

WP 6 = Designing - Agreed Statements and a Framework of Self Assessment

WP 7 = Dissemination – through Self Assessment tools & Publicity Materials

The Work Packages

Language

• The project language was English • This made it hard for some – more time had to be

allotted for communication and meetings slowed down

• Differences of use were discovered • Debate around nursing stimulated• A conceptual glossary was developed.

Language

MY Journey

FROM Ignorance to Bliss

• European Legislation• Insight into other healthcare systems

• The commonalities of nursing• The differences between cultures

•

Hospitality

Collating the ResultS

•Collect data eg interviews/ focus groups

•Identify patterns, themes and/or intriguing possibilities•Create bold statements of ideal possibilities ("Provocative Propositions")

•Collect determine "what should be" (Set principles & priorities)•Take action

• No complaints about project workload

• We appreciate to be a member of this group. We are enjoying the opportunity to work with all of you in this process.

PROJECT PRINCIPLES /VALUES

Teamwork Respectful

Acceptance

Negotiation

SupportFriendship

Open-mindednessReflective Mindfulness

Portuguese Summary

www.transformnursing.eu

September 2012

Discovery and Visioning – The best of what is….

What does the International nurse look like???

“We believe that all nurses practice globalised health care”

The Project ProcessEXAMPLE

Visualising the needs of

the Internationa

l nurse(Discovery)

Provocative vision

statement (Dream)

Framework of Nursing

skills (Design)

Self Assessment

(Deliver)

A Holistic View of Nursing Roles

• The Nurse as Practitioner

• The Nurse as Educator

• The Nurse as Clinical Leader

The Project ProcessEXAMPLE

Explore

best practice

(Discover)

Framework of Nursing

skills (Design)

Self Assessment (Deliver)

The Project ProcessEXAMPLE

“When I spoke

with her in Farsi,

I saw that she trusted

me immediately”

Language and

communication

are importa

nt factors

All nurses possess

intercultural communicati

ons skills

I possess intercult

ural communication skills

All nurses communicate with patients

carers and their families using verbal

and no-verbal

communication which is culturally sensitive

I communicate

with patients,

carers and their families using verbal

and non-verbal

communication which is culturally senstivie

Evidence Exploration Provocative vision Nursing skills Self assessment

Self AssessmentI possess intercultural communication skills

I communicate effectively with patients, families, carers and other professionals, using verbal and non-verbal communication which is culturally sensitive.

Examples

NOMy learning needs are?

SOMEMy learning needs are?

YESReady for mobility?