Nurse Workforce Challenges from a Global Perspective Implications for the Future Work of the AONE International Committee

In his groundbreaking book, The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman(1) observed that people from around the world are connected in more ways than ever before. Our world is becoming smaller as advances in communication and technology bring people together globally in ways that were not possible even a decade ago. Recent events in our international economic markets have made it clear that, in many arenas, countries throughout the world are interdependent on each other.