Nurses' Prejudice toward Foreigners: Focus Group Interviews / 재활간호학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore and describe nurses' prejudice toward foreigners. METHODS: The participants in the current study were 16 nurses who had worked in university hospitals. Data were collected using focus group interviews and an inductive content analysis was conducted with three focus groups. RESULTS: The contents with regard to prejudice toward foreigners were categorized into three themes prejudice formation, triggers of prejudice and prejudiced behaviors. The participants' prejudice toward foreigners as instigated by appearances, attitudes, or the national economic statuses of foreigners were added to the prejudice which had been formed previously. Prejudiced behaviors included discriminative attitudes, devotion withdrawal, defensive behavior, or derision. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study indicate that nurses may have positive or negative prejudices toward certain foreigners, which can affect their nursing practice. These findings also warrant the development of programs designed to increase awareness of and reduce nurses' prejudice toward foreigners.