Experience of overseas nurses: The potential for misunderstanding

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Okougha, Mercy ^a   Tilki, Mary ^b  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Culture; Education; Ethnocentricity; Foreign nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GHANA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHILIPPINES; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77951900806     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.2.46293     Document Type: Article

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