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Some nurses choose to train in their home country and then go abroad to travel the world and take care of patients in other countries, or to aid underserved nations where standards of practice have not yet been stringently established, and learned and experienced professional nurses are in high demand. Like all nurses, these men and women must be passionate in their desire to help others and champions of the nursing profession.

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Articles:

Making a Difference Through People and Places

Around the World in Four Years

A World of Opportunity

ICN Honors Nurse Whose Work Reaches Around the Globe

Organizations:

International Council of Nurses (ICN)

International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)

Cross-Cultural Solutions

Centers For Disease Control's International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch

American Public Health Association

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

International Labour Organization - Health Services

World Health Organization (WHO)

Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery

Global Health Action

Global Health Workforce Alliance

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