A multi-country perspective on nurses' tasks below their skill level: Reports from domestically trained nurses and foreign trained nurses from developing countries

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Bruyneel, Luk ^a   Li, Baoyue ^b   Aiken, Linda ^c   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a,b   Van den Heede, Koen ^d   Sermeus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Europe; Hospital standards; Multilevel analysis; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84872374443     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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