Objectives
In recent years, the importance of ethics in the nursing has been increasing, and ethical practices the nursing professionals are being demanded. In global nursing, for instance when Japanese nurses work in a developing country, they face different socioeconomic status and cultures. These characteristics may affect the ethical aspect. However, no literature review of Global Nursing Ethics (GNE) has been conducted until now. The purpose of the integrative literature review is to investigate the literature concerning GNE from the viewpoint of the kind of literature, the countries where the primary authors live, and the major topics related to ethics.We then will generalize on the present condition of GNE.
Methods
Our review was based on the methodology of Cooper's integrative review. We searched the literature of the last ten years using the Pubmed database, CHINAL, and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina. 86 literatures that met our criteria were analyzed.
Results
1. 53 out of the 86 literatures contained “Information”.
2. Regarding where the primary authors live, 42 live in the United States, 11 in the United Kingdom, and seven in Canada.
3. The numbers of major topics reviewed were: 1) nursing ethics between each country, (a) 21 ethical issues related to immigration of nurses, (b) ten related to global nursing cooperation, (c) seven regarding comparison of nursing ethics between countries; 2) nursing ethics on a global scale, (a) 12 related to interpretation and use of global code of ethics for nurses, (b) 11 related to ethical consideration in global nursing research.
Conclusions
1. Most literatures contained “Information”, and this indicates that the knowledge of GNE has been spreading. Although the importance of GNE has been recognized, future research may be required.
2. The top three authors are from English speaking countries indicating that geographical bias exists in the countries that deal with GNE.
3. GNE depends on the context, so, it is necessary to pay attention to where and how they are used.

Purpose
  The purpose of this study was to elucidate the factors related to job satisfaction in nurses working in Health Centers (HC) in northern Thailand.
Method
  A questionnaire composed of items on basic attributes, religion, the Self Efficacy Scale (SES), and the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) was distributed to 192 nurses working at HC in Phayao Province in northern Thailand. A total of 135 responses were received (response rate, 70%). Among the responses, data from seven male cases were excluded; therefore, data from 128 female cases were used for statistical analyses.
  Statistical significance was fixed at 5% for all tests.
Result and Discussion
  A statistically significant correlation, r＝0.22 (p＝0.04), was found between the JSS score and daily frequency of meditation. A statistically significant difference was found (p<0.01) about the JSS score between “High or Medium” and “Low” answer groups to the question of salary. It was also found (p<0.01) about the JSS score between “Yes” and “No” answer groups to the question of change jobs. These results are almost identical to those previously reported in Japan.
  Regarding the reason for choosing to work at an HC, a statistically significant difference was found (p＝0.04) between “To help the people” and “No relation between job choice and religion”. It was thus thought that nurses might maintain high motivation and have high levels of job satisfaction if they have a desire to be helpful.
Conclusion
  It should be pointed out that job changes and salary are related to the job satisfaction of nurses working in HC in northern Thailand, which has also been reported in Japan. Moreover, it is thought that religious activities, particularly meditation, must be related to job satisfaction.