Globalization in Higher Education: Nursing

The demand for higher education has increased worldwide and the response has been an impressive expansion of educational offerings both within and across countries. Education has been made more accessible through online offerings and the development of onsite, external campuses in foreign countries. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of educational courses that target international clientele. This has led to concerns about quality and consistency and also the need for international standards of education. The purpose of the curriculum is to emphasize the necessity of common educational standards for nurses in a globalized world. Common standards are crucial in regulated professions, such as nursing in which lives depend on the possession of specific competencies. Despite international differences in nursing education and practice, a number of mechanisms allow nurses to migrate throughout the world. In some source countries, there is a deliberate policy of educating nurses for export. This article here will define and describe globalization and the internationalization of education, discuss the exporting of education, nursing education, identify the challenges and current solutions related to nurse migration, and present current standards and future trends in harmonizing nursing education internationally.