The globalisation of the nursing workforce: Barriers confronting overseas qualified nurses in Australia

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 213-229

  Hawthorne, Lesleyanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035749440     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1320-7881.2001.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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