Transition Into Practice: Experiences of Filipino Physician-Turned Nurse Practitioners

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-264

  Jauregui, Alan B ^a   Xu, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

phenomenology; physician turned nurse practitioners; the Philippines; transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; TIME; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 77953310304     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609358787     Document Type: Article

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