Professional Adaptation Experiences of Chinese Migrant Nurses in Australia: A Qualitative Study
Details
Publication Year 2023-07,Volume 45,Issue #7,Page 626-633
Journal Title
Western Journal of Nursing Research
Publication Type
Research article
Abstract
Chinese-educated nurses are increasingly important to the international labor market. This study aimed to examine how Chinese migrant nurses adapt and evolve professionally while pursuing nursing careers in Australia, using a qualitative descriptive approach. A total of 17 Chinese-educated nurses were recruited by purposive and snowball sampling in Australia during 2017. Data were collected by individual semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three central themes and eight subthemes were generated. Perceived differences in nursing involved: work options and flexibility, professional autonomy and independence, and freedom of expressing professional opinions. Elements comprising challenges to adaptation included communication barriers, nursing workload and responsibilities, and collegial relationships. Participants' professional transition journeys were accompanied by two key areas of self-evolution: Embracing the authentic self and embracing individual differences. Our findings have important implications for migrant-host nursing workforce integration in Australia and internationally.
Publisher
Sage
Keywords
Humans; *Transients and Migrants; East Asian People; Qualitative Research; Communication Barriers; *Nurses; experiences; international; nurses; transition
Department(s)
Academic Nursing
PubMed ID
37021833
Open Access at Publisher's Site
https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459231167711
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