Adaptation and transformation through (un)learning lived experiences of immigrant chinese nurses in us healthcare environment

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Xu, Yu ^a   Gutierrez, Antonio ^a   Kim, Su Hyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese nurse; Lived experiences; Patient safety; Phenomenology; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549097788     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000319570.99254.e5     Document Type: Article

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