title: Working with difference: Thematic concepts of Japanese nurses working in New Zealand.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the differences experienced by Japanese nurses working in New Zealand from an organizational and personal perspective, using a qualitative approach. Interview data was analyzed using a thematic method to abstract increasing levels of themes until one main theme explained the data: finding a voice. This core theme demonstrated that Japanese nurses had to learn to accommodate difference while learning to speak up. Moreover, this needed to occur through a number of cultural filters. The principal conclusion was that migrant nurses face multiple personal and organizational challenges when working in a new environment. Finding a voice is the method in which nurses learn to communicate and work within new healthcare settings. Nurses use a number of filters to manage the transition. The host country needs to recognize these differences and accommodate them through orientation modules.
authors.affiliation: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Healee
authors.affiliation: Shikoku University Faculty of Nursing, Furukawa, Ojin-cho, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inada
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003144:Communication Barriers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D009520:New Zealand; D064700:Nurses, International / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Japanese; New Zealand; health care; nurse migrants; organizational culture; thematic analysis