Understanding and enhancing the learning experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students in an Australian bachelor of nursing program

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Jeong, Sarah Yeun Sim ^a   Hickey, Noelene ^a   Levett Jones, Tracy ^b   Pitt, Victoria ^b   Hoffman, Kerry ^a   Norton, Carol Anne ^a   Ohr, Se Ok ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

English as a second language; Foreign nurses; International nursing students; Nursing baccalaureate education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952487438     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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