Communication and nursing: a study-abroad student's reflections.

Globalisation in the academic context provides the opportunity for sharing knowledge and innovations between institutions in different countries, through the creation of study abroad and academic mobility programmes. For nursing students, studying abroad facilitates the development of cultural sensi...

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Published in:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 24; no. 21; pp. 1080 - 1084
Main Authors: de Oliveira, Anna Karina Martins, Tuohy, Dympna
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 11/26/2015
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:Globalisation in the academic context provides the opportunity for sharing knowledge and innovations between institutions in different countries, through the creation of study abroad and academic mobility programmes. For nursing students, studying abroad facilitates the development of cultural sensitivity so that they may care appropriately for an increasingly multicultural patient population in their own countries. This article describes a Brazilian 'study abroad' student nurse's experience of studying a 'communication and therapeutic relationships' module in an Irish university. Johns' model of structured reflection was used to frame, describe and reflect on the experience. This reflection informs 'study abroad' students and their universities about the student experience through a personal account of one such student.