Overseas qualified nurses in Australia: Reflecting onthe issue

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 32-38

  Stankiewicz, Grazyna ^a   Margaret O'Connor, A M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Migration; Overseas qualified nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899950306     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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