Purpose: This study aims to describe health tourism and transcultural nursing concept from the viewpoint of nurses and to find out how they interpret them. Method: As a mixed study, it was conducted at 6 private hospital with the participation of sixteen nurses. Data were collected with demographic information form, intercultural sensitivity scale and semi-structured interview form. Result: The mean of cultural sensitivity scale score of nurses was 81.39 ± 4.84. Cultural sensitivity levels of nurses were not correlated with gender, marital status, age, education level, professional title and transcultural nursing training background. Only one nurse had transcultural nursing training. Lack of foreign language and cultural knowledge are problems for nurses while caring to foreign patients. Conclusion: Nurses mostly face language and communication difficulties while caring to foreign patients. Also, they need to get information and training about different cultures. Even if nurses play an indispensable and key role in health tourism, they cannot represent themselves sufficiently. Implications for Practice: The professional and personal development of nurses should increase by trainings on ethics, intercultural nursing and geography, especially foreign language. For easy and error free communication between nurse and patient, foreign language education must be integrated nursing education program.
In recent years, have been shown in many parts of the world, wars show theirs destructive effects on the field of health. Health facilities and health staffs can become a target because of the war. The public living in the war zone cannot reach adequate health care and they may have to seek their medical treatments in another country not in theirs. This situation can bring countries, which had experienced war, a potential target market in terms of health tourism. This study aims to examine of patients records who received treatment in the context of health tourism in Kayseri Province, to determine the proportion of patients who comes from the war zone and to put down to the fact that countries which had experienced war as a target market in terms of health tourism. Research findings show that almost one in every four patients comes from countries which had experienced war and 83% of the patients prefer private sector for getting health services. It is concluded that these countries can be assessable as a target market from the point of view of health tourism.
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