Internationally educated nurses: Profiling workforce diversity

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Blythe, Jennifer ^a,b   Baumann, Andrea ^b,c,d  

^a Nursing Health Services Research Unit   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c School of Nursing

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canada; India; Internationally Educated Nurses; Migration; Ontario; Philippines; Regulation; UK; USA; Workforce Profiling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSURE, NURSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 65649120735     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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