Table 1. The overall experience of China-educated nurses working in Australia.

Core category	Categories	Sub-categories
Reconciling different realities	Realising	It is indeed different
		This is the Western way
		You are you and I am I
	Struggling	Caught between two worlds
		You have a lot to learn
		This is your own business
	Reflecting	A sense of loss
		Reconstructing the self
		It is hard to go back