Abstract：
Background: Many of the overseas qualified nurses educated work as health care assistants and support workers for a decreased wage without scope for professional advancement. There is an imperative to ease their entry to the nursing register.Aim: To gather and provide evidence to the regulatory bodies regarding the demographics of this cohort of nurses and the challenges they face in attempting to register as a nurse.Design: This study used a mixed-method explanatory sequential design. The survey was completed by 857 unregistered nurses followed by five in-depth interviews. Results from both phases were triangulated.Results: The results signpost to the characteristics and challenges of these nurses working as unqualified grades of staff for a decreased wage without scope for professional advance.Discussion and conclusion: The downward occupational spiral of internationally educated nurses underscores the paradoxical nature of the pedagogical application of transition theory, as these nurses are compelled to revert to a novice status.
摘要：
背景：许多受过教育的海外合格护士担任医疗保健助理和支持人员，以降低工资而没有职业晋升的余地。必须简化他们进入护理登记册的时间。目的：收集并向监管机构提供有关该队列护士的人口统计信息以及他们在尝试注册为护士时所面临的挑战的证据。设计：本研究采用混合方法解释性序贯设计。调查由857名未注册护士完成，随后进行了五次深入访谈。对两个阶段的结果进行三角测量。结果：结果表明，这些护士作为不合格等级的工作人员工作的特点和挑战，以降低工资而没有专业晋升的余地。讨论和结论：受过国际教育的护士的职业螺旋下降突显了过渡理论的教学应用的悖论性，因为这些护士被迫恢复到新手状态。
