Rediscovering nursing: A study of overseas nurses working in Western Australia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Smith, Christine D A ^a   Fisher, Colleen ^b   Mercer, Annette ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experience of nursing; Non English speaking background; Nurse migration; Overseas qualified nurses; Transcendental phenomenology; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052261169     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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