The Transition of Foreign Nursing graduates into working life in Finland

The main purpose of this study was to focus on the transition of foreign nursing graduates into working life in Finland. Also to provide information that could be useful in the integration of foreign nursing graduates into the Finnish working life. This research is absolutely use qualitative methods and systematic literature review is the method used in this research. This research is absolutely use qualitative methods and systematic literature review. The research was guided by the following research questions: (1) What are the reported main areas foreign nursing student struggles with when finding a job after graduation in Finland? (2)What support factors have been found to aid foreign nursing graduates find employment after graduation in Finland? The theory of transition presented in this article incorporates a journey of becoming where new nursing graduates progressed through the stages of doing, being, and knowing.The theoretical framework which was used is Sister Callista Roy theory. The whole of this journey encompassed ordered processes that included anticipating, learning of Finnish language , performing in placements, concealing,coping and adjusting . Although this journey is by no means linear or prescriptive nor always strictly progressive, it was evolutionary and ultimately transformative for all participants. The intense and dynamic transition experience for these newly graduated nurses should inspire educational and service institutions to provide preparatory education on transition as well as extended, sequential, and structured orientation and mentoring programs that bridge senior students’ expectations of professional work life with the reality of employment