Communicative competence of international nurses and patient safety and quality of care.

Yu Xu

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Communicative competence of international nurses and patient safety and quality of care.

August 20, 2008

Xu Y. Home Health Care Manag Pract. 2008;20(5).

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This article discusses linguistic and sociocultural factors that may present communication challenges for internationally trained nurses.

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