Graduate education for nursing students who have English as a second language

Working with international students, especially those who have English as a second language, is a challenge for any educator. To date there has been little information in the nursing literature that is helpful to faculty who teach and/or mentor these students. The shared personal knowledge gained from participation in planning and providing educational options for foreign students and the empirical cognizance made possible from several years of guiding the program of studies of these students is offered as a beginning framework to other faculty. The need for research in the area is identified.