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Enhancing cultural competence: Trans-Atlantic experiences of European and Canadian nursing students.

Koskinen, L., Aarts, C., Chasse, F., Hemingway, A., Juhansoo , T., Mitchell, M., Marquis, F., Critchley, K. and Nordstrom, P., 2009. Enhancing cultural competence: Trans-Atlantic experiences of European and Canadian nursing students. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15 (6), 502-509.

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01776.x

Abstract

This paper describes the enhancement of cultural competence through trans-Atlantic rural community experiences of European and Canadian nursing students using critical incident technique (CIT) as the students' reflective writing method. The data generated from 48 students' recordings about 134 critical incidents over a 2-year project were analysed by qualitative content analysis. Five main learning categories were identified as: cross-cultural ethical issues; cultural and social differences; health-care inequalities; population health concerns; and personal and professional awareness. Four emergent cultural perspectives for the health sector that became apparent from the reflections were: health promotion realm; sensitivity to social and cultural aspects of people's lives; channels between the health sector and society; cultural language and stories of local people. CIT was successfully used to foster European and Canadian undergraduate students' cultural reflections resulting in considerations and suggestions for future endeavours to enhance cultural competence in nursing education.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1322-7114
Uncontrolled Keywords: * community nursing; * critical incident; * cultural competence; * trans-Atlantic exchange
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:16327
Deposited By: Dr Ann Hemingway
Deposited On:04 Oct 2010 10:55
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:35

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