Ambivalence and the experience of China-educated nurses working in Australia

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-196

  Zhou, Yunxian ^a   Windsor, Carol ^b   Coyer, Fiona ^b   Theobald, Karen ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Experience; Immigrants; Immigration; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSES; NURSING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77955730290     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2010.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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