Licensure of internationally educated nurses seeking professional careers in the province of Alberta in Canada

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-241

  Ogilvie, Linda ^a   Leung, Barbara ^b   Gushuliak, Terry ^c   McGuire, Marion ^d   Burgess Pinto, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Community Programs Alberta Advanced Education ^*  (Canada)

^c Alberta Association of Registered Nurses   (Canada)

^d MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Internationally educated nurses; Nurse immigration; Nurse licensure

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SKILLED LABOR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849144471     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-007-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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