Assessment of Global Health Competence of Nursing Faculty in Prelicensure Programs.

Background: Global Health is an emerging field that refers to the health and well-being of the world's population. It is crucial that the next generation of nurses is prepared as global health advocates. There is no prior research of self-assessed global health competencies among nursing faculty in U.

Current State of International Clinical Experiences in US Prelicensure Nursing Programs.

Aim: The study purpose was to describe current international clinical experience (ICE) practices in RN prelicensure programs in the United States.

Background: There is interest in ICE to fulfill the goal of preparing global citizens; however, lack of evidence on developing, implementing, and evaluating best practices for ICE limits the enactment of this approach.

Method: An electronic survey was completed by 900 deans and/or directors of diploma, associate, bachelor's, accelerated bachelor's, and master's-entry RN prelicensure programs.

International programs in United States schools of nursing: driving forces, obstacles, and opportunities.

Aim/purpose: To understand the development of international programs in United States schools of nursing from the perspective of driving forces, obstacles, and opportunities.

Background: Despite increasing philosophical support for international programs, significant obstacles to their development, integration, and sustainability exist in schools of nursing across the United States.

Method: A National League for Nursing (NLN) survey collected information on the number and type of international programs being offered, with an emphasis on obstacles to integration.

Core principles for developing global service-learning programs in nursing.

Global service-learning enables nursing to develop its role in promoting global health and enabling vulnerable and marginalized global communities to develop their own capacity for growth and development. Global service-learning requires good planning that is based on sound best-practice principles. Drawing on the growing body of literature on service-learning, the authors outline and discuss seven key principles that can usefully guide global service-learning.