Nursing diversity
One of the gaps in the nursing skill mix literature concerns diversity,
specifically in the interface between foreign and local nurses.
Only one study related to this aspect was located. Using secondary
data from a previous survey, the researchers analysed for differences
between US and international nurses on the way they value
their professional practice environments, which was hypothesized
to influence outcomes (Flynn & Aiken 2002). The study
did not find any difference between the two groups of nurses,
although the researchers acknowledged that they could not determine
the extent to which the international nurses had been acculturated
into the local system owing to limitations with the
data set.