Facilitators and barriers to adjustment of international nurses: An integrative review

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-183

  Kawi, J ^a,b   Xu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Physiological Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Barriers; Facilitators; Integrative Review; International Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 65649133949     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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