Exchange students crossing language boundaries in clinical nursing practice

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-433

  Myhre, K ^a  

^a ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Focus Group Interview; International Clinical Practice; Language; Learning Outcome; Norway; Nursing Students' Experiences; Qualitative Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORWAY; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855170010     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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