What are Chinese nurses’ experiences whilst working overseas? A narrative scoping review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-111

  Zhong, Yaping ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a,b   Copnell, Beverley ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese nurse; Emigrants and immigrants; Experience; Immigrant nurses; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; NARRATIVE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SYNTHESIS; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FOREIGN NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSES, INTERNATIONAL;

EID: 85021456487     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.06.009     Document Type: Review

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