Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Nurs Inq. 2010 Sep;17(3):186-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2010.00492.x.
Ambivalence and the experience of China-educated nurses working in Australia The last decade has seen an increase in research on the experience of immigrant nurses. There are two prevailing approaches in this body of work. One is a focus on the positive or negative aspects of the experience, and the other, a depiction of the experience as a linear movement from struggle to a comfortable state. Based on our study findings on the experience of China-educated nurses working in Australia, this study proposes that the concept of ambivalence is more appropriate in portraying the experience of immigrant nurses. Several sources of ambivalence experienced by the participants are represented: a disparity between expectation and reality, conflicting social and cultural norms, the dual reference points of comparison, divergent interests within families, and a sense that although it is unsatisfactory, it is hard to go back. We argue that immigration generates various forms of ambivalence and immigrant nurses must live with more or less ambivalence. The notion of ambivalence can explain a range of behaviours and situations beyond the scope of rational-choice explanations. To date, ambivalence as a theoretical concept in understanding the experience of immigrant nurses has been either ignored or insufficiently addressed in the literature.
中澳注册护士在澳工作体验的矛盾心理
过去十年，有关移民护士体验的研究不断增加。这方面的研究主要有两种方法。一种是关注体验的积极或消极方面，另一种是将体验描述为从挣扎到舒适状态的线性运动。基于我们对在澳工作的中国注册护士的体验进行的研究结果，本研究提出，用矛盾心理的概念来描绘移民护士的体验更为恰当。研究结果表明，参与者经历了多种矛盾心理来源：期望与现实之间的差距、相互冲突的社会和文化规范、双重参照点的比较、家庭内部利益的分歧，以及一种虽然不尽如人意，但难以回头的感觉。我们认为，移民会产生各种形式的矛盾心理，移民护士必须或多或少地生活在矛盾心理之中。矛盾心理的概念可以解释超出理性选择解释范围的一系列行为和情况。迄今为止，矛盾心理作为理解移民护士体验的一个理论概念，在文献中要么被忽视，要么没有得到充分解决。
