The challenges and needs of international nurses who are assimilating to healthcare systems in the United Kingdom: Experience from the field.

Aim: The paper explores the barriers and enablers for international nurses who are assimilating to new healthcare systems in the United Kingdom and implications for the global healthcare context.

Background: The worldwide shortage of nurses has led to high levels of global mobility. It is therefore essential to acknowledge the international nature of healthcare and the diversity of experience within the nursing workforce.

Description of n. sp. (Rhabditida: Panagrolaimidae), an Anhydrobiotic Nematode from the Namib Desert of Namibia.

n. sp. was recovered and cultured from soils collected under (pencil-bush) in the Namib Desert of Namibia, one of the driest terrestrial habitats on Earth.

'What are nurses' and healthcare workers' cultural understandings of dementia?' An integrative literature review.

to explore the range of cultural understandings of dementia held by people providing nursing care globally. There is a worldwide shortage of nurses and healthcare workers, resulting in extensive global mobility among the workforce. Cultural competence is expected of nurses who serve diverse populations and although self-awareness is recognised as crucial in developing this ability, the focus has tended to be on the identity of the patient and adjusting care according to their specific needs.

Introduction of the professional nurse advocate role using a quality implementation framework.

Background: Implementation of the professional nurse advocate (PNA) role and the Advocating and Educating for QUality ImProvement model (A-EQUIP) in nursing is relatively new. The model aims to build personal and professional resilience, enhance the quality of care and support preparedness for appraisal and professional revalidation.

Aim: To describe the implementation of the PNA role in a combined acute and community trust in England.

How a better understanding of nursing research roles may help to embed research into clinical structures.

Background: Despite efforts to build research capacity within nursing there are growing concerns about the lack of funding and support for nurses who wish to pursue a career in research.

Aim: To explore how research capacity within the nursing profession can be increased.

Discussion: The disparity in opportunity and support for such roles is a barrier to the growth of nursing research.