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Pilot Program for Licensure of Foreign-Trained Nursing Professionals
Pilot Program for Licensure of Foreign-Trained Nursing Professionals
To assist foreign-trained nurses in rejoining the nursing profession for which they were trained in their home countries, and to increase the number of culturally and linguistically competent nurses in Montgomery County, Holy Cross Hospital helped to develop and launch a collaborative pilot program for licensure of foreign-trained nursing professionals. The pilot program is part of the Latino Health Initiative of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.
The pilot program helps foreign-trained nurses who meet specific selection criteria navigate the state's registered nursing licensure process, participate in college courses to prepare for licensure and gain clinical exposure to the U.S. health care system through placements in hospitals. There are no other known local or national programs that offer these program components.
Partners include the Latino Health Initiative; Montgomery College; Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services; Montgomery County Workforce Investment Board/MontgomeryWorks One-Stop Career Development Center: Career Transition Center, Inc.; and Welcome Back Initiative. The program also is expanding to other community hospitals.
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