Evaluation of an intervention on socio-cultural communication skills of international nurses

Nursing Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Xu, Yu ^a   Covelli, Margaret ^b   Shen, Jay ^a   Torpey, Miriam ^b   Bolstad, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951492244     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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