Nurse Migration to Canada: Pathways and Pitfalls of Workforce Integration

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-210

  Blythe, Jennifer ^a   Baumann, Andrea ^a   Rhéaume, Ann ^b   McIntosh, Karen ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; migration; nurses; Ontario; professional; workforce assimilation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 63849271813     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608330349     Document Type: Article

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