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Globalization: grasping the concept within the context of nursing
Author(s) -
Keighley Tom
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2012.01031.x
Subject(s) - globalization , health care , context (archaeology) , sociology , nursing , phenomenon , nursing care , medicine , political science , public relations , epistemology , law , history , philosophy , archaeology
KEIGHLEY T. (2013) Globalization: grasping the concept within the context of nursing. International Nursing Review 60 , 86–87 Globalization is a phenomenon traceable historically from the beginning of time as clans and tribes migrated and learnt from each other. The article in this issue of INR by Grootjans and Newman ‘Globalization and nursing: a concept analysis’ (pp. 78–85) makes the case for nurses to be educated about globalization as it applies to modern health care. The concept is complex and requires insight not only into health care itself but also fields such as human migration, economics, the significance of English as a universal language and the use and availability of information technology. Writings on the impact of global technology and social capital are also important. In addressing globalization, nurses need to access research and writings well beyond the standard healthcare oeuvre .