Trends in characteristics and country of origin among foreign-trained nurses in the United States, 1990 and 2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 895-899

  Polsky, Daniel ^a,e   Ross, Sara J ^b   Brush, Barbara L ^c   Sochalski, Julie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE; FOREIGN WORKER; NURSING EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; CENSUSES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247191245     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072330     Document Type: Article

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