Engaging with a new reality: Experiences of overseas minority ethnic nurses in the NHS

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2221-2228

  Alexis, Obrey ^a   Vydelingum, Vasso ^b   Robbins, Ian ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black and minority ethnic; Migration; Nurses; Nursing; Overseas nurses; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAREER MOBILITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FEAR; FOCUS GROUPS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; STATE MEDICINE; TRUST; WEST INDIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36348935051     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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