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Enhancing Internationally Educated Nurses' Competency Through Practice-Based Bridging: A Program Evaluation
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
|May 27, 2026
Summary
Internationally educated nurses (IENs) can successfully transition to Canadian nursing roles through a clinically based bridging program. This program focuses on core competencies, enhancing essential knowledge, reasoning, and judgment for practice.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Health Human Resources
- Professional Education
Background:
- Internationally educated nurses (IENs) are crucial for addressing healthcare workforce needs.
- Existing literature lacks consistent best practices for IENs' practice transition.
- Bridging programs are proposed as a strategy to support IENs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a clinically based bridging program for IENs.
- To assess the program's effectiveness in developing essential nursing competencies.
- To determine the program's utility in preparing IENs for Canadian nursing practice.
Main Methods:
- Program evaluation of a fully clinically based bridging program.
- Focus on five core competencies essential for Canadian nursing roles.
- Assessment of knowledge, reasoning, and judgment acquisition in IENs.
Main Results:
- The bridging program demonstrated utility in facilitating IENs' transition.
- IENs successfully gained essential knowledge, reasoning, and judgment.
- The program's clinical base was key to its success.
Conclusions:
- A clinically based bridging program effectively supports IENs' transition to practice in Canada.
- The five core competencies approach is valuable for IEN education.
- This program model can be a best practice for integrating IENs into the Canadian healthcare system.
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