Understanding post-hire transitional challenges of foreign-educated nurses

Nursing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Thekdi, Prachi ^a   Wilson, Barbara L ^a   Xu, Y ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855168249     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000403285.34873.c7     Document Type: Article

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