Taking part in Nordic collaboration; nursing students' experiences and perceptions from a learning perspective: A qualitative study

Dietary advice on prescription: experiences with a weight reduction programme

“…We consider the questionnaire used in this study to be sufficient and the responses from participants to be well thought through and sufficiently exhaustive enough for us to determine the participants' views of the programme. There are other examples where narrative written questions with one or two open-ended questions have been used which have been shown to provide rich data (Lydell et al 2011, Westerbotn et al 2015.…”

Improved Health in Ethnically/Culturally Diverse Patients through Enhanced Cultural Competency in Nurse Wellness Outcomes Educators

“…A review of the recent literature reveals that the quandary of caring for diverse populations has been studied in many countries, including: Australia (Allen, Brown, Duff, Nesbitt & Hepner, 2013;Koch, Everett, Phillips, & Davidson, 2014;West, Usher, & Foster, 2010), Canada (Gregory, Harrowing, Lee, Doolittle, & O'Sullivan, 2010;Stansfield & Browne, 2013), Cyprus (Vasiliou et al, 2010), Israel (Arieli & Hirschfeld, 2013;Arieli, Mashiach, Hirschfeld, & Friedman, 2012;Noble, A., Nuszen, Rom, & Noble, L., 2014), New Zealand (Caldwell, Lu, & Harding, 2010), Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Faeroe Islands and Denmark (Bohman & Borglin, 2013;Westerbotn et al, 2015), Taiwan (Perng & Watson, 2012), Thailand (Songwathana, 2013), the United Kingdom (McClimens et al, 2014), and the United States (Abrums, Resnick & Irving, 2010;Batykefer Evans, 2013;Beard 2013Beard , 2014Cantwell, Napierkowski, Gundersen, & Naqvi, 2015;Condon et al, 2013;Dapremont, 2014;Debrew et al, 2014;Dewald, 2012;Dudas, 2012;Dunagan, Kimble, Sweat Gunby, & Andrews, 2014;Fulbright Sumpter & Brooks Carthon, 2011;Greenberg, 2013;Harris et al, 2013;Jeffreys & Dogan, 2012;Junious, Malecha, Tart, & Young, 2010;…”

“…While the issues of recruiting and graduating increased numbers of diverse nursing students must be resolved, it is also imperative to simultaneously increase the cultural competency of all nursing students (Allen et al, 2013;Arieli et al, 2012;Bohman & Borglin, 2014;Campinha-Bacote, 2011;Carter et al 2015;Debrew et al, 2014;Dudas, 2012;Dunagan et al, 2014;Esposito, 2013;Fulbright Sumpter & Brooks Carthon, 2011;Gallagher & Polanin, 2015;Gregory et al, 2010;Harris et al, 2013;Jeffreys & Dogan, 2012;Kardong-Edgren et al, 2010;Kirkpatrick, Esterhuizen, Jesse, & Brown, 2015;Koch et al, 2014;Koskinen et al, 2012;Lim et al, 2015;Long, 2012;Mayo et al, 2014;McClimens et al, 2014;Mesler, 2014;Mixer, 2011;Mixer et al, 2013;Noble et al, 2014;Perng & Watson, 2012;Starr, Shattell, & Gonzales, 2011;Strong & Folse, 2015;Westerbotn et al, 2015) across the board; because at this juncture, there is an insufficient number of ethnically/culturally diverse nursing students in many countries (Baker, 2010;Brooks Carthon et al, 2014;Cantwell et al, 2015;Carter et al, 2015;Chandler & Swanston, 2012;…”

“…While some nurse researchers indicate that there is no consensus on what is the best way to do this (Allen et al, 2013;Kardong-Edgren et al, 2010;Noble et al, 2014), Songwathana (2013) notes that offering varied approaches is beneficial. Experiential learning (either locally or abroad), storytelling, scenari-os, simulations, and role play have demonstrated usefulness (Allen et al, 2013;Bohman & Borglin, 2013;Campinha-Bacote, 2011;Kirkpatrick et al, 2015;Koskinen et al, 2012;Long, 2012;Mayo et al, 2014;McClimens et al, 2014;Robinson, 2013;Songwathana, 2013;Stansfield & Browne, 2013;Westerbotn et al, 2015). Long (2012) further suggests that clinical experiences, and partnering with ethnically/culturally diverse organizations in the community (p. 105) have an impact on the nursing students' attainment of cultural competence because these activities are generally engaging.…”

Defining Preparation and Preparedness for Nursing Study Abroad Trips

“…Nursing students may travel the globe studying abroad, sometimes to locations where the culture, language, and healthcare practices are very different to what the students are used to. Study abroad trips are justified by Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) as learning opportunities that increase students' cultural competence (Kohlbry, Daugherty 2015, Westerbotn, Kneck et al 2015, Gower, Dantas et al 2018. Responding to an increasingly diverse patient population, study abroad trips provide students with a chance to learn about a culture different from their own to provide culturally appropriate care upon becoming newly qualified nurses.…”