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Becoming Gold‐Plated: Chinese Nurses Studying Abroad
Author(s) -
Wang Rosemary Y.,
Lethbridge Dona J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1995.tb00836.x
Subject(s) - pride , loneliness , sophistication , theme (computing) , perspective (graphical) , psychology , isolation (microbiology) , affection , medicine , sociology , social psychology , political science , social science , art , microbiology and biotechnology , law , computer science , visual arts , biology , operating system
The purpose of this interpretive study is to describe the experience of Chinese nurses studying abroad. Twenty‐three nurses living in Taiwan, who had studied in the United States for university degrees, were interviewed in 7 990. A central process was “Becoming gold‐plated.” The first major theme was “Enormous pressure and sacrifice,” with the subthemes of “Self‐doubt,”“Language difficulties,”“Isolation and loneliness,” and “Separation and guilt.” The second major theme was “Transformed self,” with subthemes of “High aspiration” and “New perspective on life.” In spite of the hardships of study abroad, Chinese nurses felt pride in their accomplishment and self‐respect for the knowledge and sophistication they gained.