The skills and brain drain what nurses say

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1372-1381

  Likupe, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING STAFF; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84876189261     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04242.x     Document Type: Article

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