Effects of a short-term linguistic class on communication competence of international nurses: Implications for practice, policy, and research

Nursing Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Shen, Jay J ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Bolstad, Anne L ^a   Covelli, Margaret ^b   Torpey, Miriam ^b   Colosimo, Roseann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Nevada State Board of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

COMMUNICATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; LINGUISTICS; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84860642406     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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