Foreign-trained nurses' experiences and socioprofessional integration best practices: An integrative literature review

Health Care Manager

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-253

  Primeau, Marie Douce ^a   Champagne, François ^a   Lavoie Tremblay, Mélanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

internationally educated nurses; professional integration; transitioning program

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES, INTERNATIONAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84905234477     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0000000000000018     Document Type: Review

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