Strangers in strange lands: A metasynthesis of lived experiences of immigrant asian nurses working in western countries

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-265

  Xu, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asian nurses; Foreign nurses; Lived experiences; Metasynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRELAND; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547977612     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000286623.84763.e0     Document Type: Article

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