Cross-cultural Skills for Nurse Managers and Clinical
Preceptors of International Nurses: Creating Synergy

• Learn why your traditional employee orientation may not be the most effective
method for acclimating international nurses into your organization.
• Understand how acculturation impacts work performance.
• Develop organizational and unit-specific international nurse competencies.
• Practice cross cultural skills in managing and mentoring international nurses.

The health care field continues to face challenges of not only a diverse patient population
but also challenges of a multicultural staff. Nurses from other countries represent about 15
percent of the RN workforce. To date, no standard approaches to the orientation and
training of international nurses have been developed.

“Learn by trial and error.” “Sink or swim.” “Learn on the job.”

Eliminate these unproductive and ineffective approaches to the orientation of international
nurses. Research in international human resource management shows that cross cultural
training and orientation is effective in shortening the learning curve for employees who
come from other cultures.

Develop the global skills of your leaders. This workshop prepares managers and preceptors
to use current theory and research-based practices in cross cultural management. Using
interactive exercises, case studies, and role plays, participants will discover cultural values
that underlie behavior and motivations, and leverage differences to create synergy.

Facilitate your new nurses’ professional and personal adjustment to the United States,
enhancing their success in attaining your organizational goals.