The Transition of Nigerian-educated Nurses to the Australian Healthcare System: An Exploratory Qualitative Study in Work-Life Learning

Abstract

Internationally qualified nurses' flow to Australia is not new and has increased over recent decades. Immigrant nurses working in Australia come from diverse source countries. The immigrant nurses that require the Overseas Qualified Nurses Program (OQNP) or more recently introduced outcomes-based assessment (OBA) vary from one country to another, depending on the country of initial nursing registration. Numerous research studies have explored the experiences of these immigrant nurses in Australia. Still, there is a shortage of studies on the work-life learning of Nigerian educated nurses working in the Australian healthcare system. The current research focuses on the Nigerian educated nurses in Australia (NENs) given the cultural, technological, educational, social, and legal differences in the new practice environment, especially in the recently introduced National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN).</p