Migration Experiences of Foreign Educated Nurses: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 181-188

  Moyce, Sally ^a   Lash, Rebecca ^a   de Leon Siantz, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

migration; nursing practice; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LICENSING; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; RACISM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL NURSING; HEALTH; MIGRANT; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; RACISM; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 84958165046     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659615569538     Document Type: Review

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