After nearly 50 years of supporting the career mobility of foreign-educated nurses and other allied health workers, we are embarking on a new journey. We’re stepping into a new era of global impact, expanding our mission beyond nurse migration to support international health workforce development through our core services of credentials verification, credentials evaluation, and global certification. We will continue to support the evolution of patient-centric care around the world by focusing on the validation of education, skills, and experience for health workers no matter where they want to work in the world—whether they want to work or go to school in another country, seek opportunity in their own country, or pursue professional development and career advancement.
At the same time, we recognize the critical need of every nation to build resilient health systems and invest in a future-ready workforce. And we want to be a part of enabling that workforce to advance their careers through education, certification, and professional development.
Our former name served us well in early years when our focus was on migrating nurses (registered nurses, RNs, BSNs, and advanced practice nurses) but we have evolved to support many other health professions (physical therapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, clinical laboratory scientists/technicians, physician assistants, rehabilitation workers, and more) across a portfolio of career mobility services that extend beyond migration.
We know that a commitment to the development and validation of their skills is the best contribution we can make to addressing global workforce shortages, health equity and access challenges, and the demand for patient-centric care model evolution.
Moving the needle on global workforce challenges will require collaborative coalitions focused on relevant research, data analytics, and informed development of services and programs. This means research on evolving practice standards, competency frameworks, and global certification programs to synthesize global research around the nursing workforce.
We support the right of nurses and other health workers to pursue opportunity where they need to, whether in their home countries or elsewhere, and that they should be able to do so in an ecosystem of fair and ethical recruitment, job placement, career advancement, and recognition of their contributory value.
We’re on a new journey.