A qualitative examination of othering processes within international nursing placements.

BACKGROUND: International placements represent a popular choice to develop cultural competency and safety in nursing. The question as to whether study abroad programs enable the development of cultural competency and safety skills or provide exotic travel experiences needs further clarifications. OBJECTIVE: The study explores the usefulness of international placements in developing cultural safety among undergraduate nursing students. DESIGN: An exploratory qualitative design was used to answer these research questions: 1) How do undergraduate students make sense of their study abroad experiences? And 2) How international placements facilitate the acquisition of cultural safety and consciousness-raising about racial and social privileges? PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 7 participants who completed a 4th-year community and acute care stages in Global South countries were recruited. METHODS: A postcolonial feminist theoretical approach was used to guide the study. DATA COLLECTION: Semi-structured interviews explored participants' perceptions of cultural differences, ways of adapting to cultural diversity, and the benefits and challenges of their global experiences. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Thematic analysis revealed three themes: 1) Self-knowledge, 2) othering, and 3) consciousness of neocolonialism. DISCUSSION: Results raise some concerns about the usefulness of international stages in developing cultural competency and cultural safety in undergraduate nursing students. Results indicate that international placements can be useful to raise consciousness about racial and social privileges. Yet, international placements involve some risks to the receiving Global South countries. This study unmasks Othering's processes, where participants reproduce harmful neocolonial relations. CONCLUSIONS: International placements involve cultural risks that translate into Othering processes where Global South nurses and students are represented as powerless. Postcolonial feminist theories are relevant to study international placements as they enable the critical examination of race, gender, and social class and how they play out in international placements in Global South countries.

Investigation on the Humanistic Quality of Nursing Undergraduate Interns / 中国医学伦理学

Objective:To investigate the status of humanistic quality in nursing undergraduates interns , to pro-vide a reference for optimization settings humanities courses and improving humanistic quality in nursing students . Methods:A self -designed questionnaire with convenience sampling method was used to investigate 90 nursing students in M hospital .The questionnaires included requirements for clinical teachers , needs for humanities cour-ses, cognitive knowledge on humanities curriculum .Results:The nursing intern students agreed with teachers're-spect for students , profession ability , attention to communication .They wanted to increase the humanities course of interpersonal and communication , nursing aesthetics and rituals , traditional Chinese culture courses .They had a humanistic understanding of the concept of learning is to help develop good mental state and healthy personality , enhance the sense of community , strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the person's ability .Conclusion:The nursing intern students have recognized the importance of humanities courses .Increasing humanities curriculum and using a combination of diverse teaching and assessment methods were proposed to promote their humanities quality of ability.

Significado do processo morte/morrer para os acadêmicos ingressantes no curso de enfermagem / Significado del proceso muerte/ morir por los estudiantes que entran en el programa de enfermería / Meaning of the death / dying process for entering nursing students

Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, embasada na fenomenologia existencial heideggeriana, com o objetivo de desvelar o significado do processo morte/morrer para acadêmicos ingressantes no curso de enfermagem, realizada numa universidade pública do Noroeste do Paraná, Brasil, entre os meses de agosto e outubro de 2010, quando se entrevistaram 33 graduandos do primeiro ano do curso de enfermagem. Da análise fenomenológica, emergiram as seguintes temáticas existenciais: "Entendendo a morte como um processo difícil de ser compreendido"; "Compreendendo a morte como um processo natural"; "Vislumbrando a morte como uma passagem para outra vida". Por este estudo, compreendeu-se que o saber e a morte estão enredados na temporalidade e historicidade de cada ser, sendo necessária uma compreensão científica, filosófica e ética do fenômeno morte/morrer para que o acadêmico possa se preparar para o cuidado humanizado ao doente e sua família.

Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, basada en la fenomenología existencial heideggeriana, con el objetivo de revelar el significado de la muerte / morir por estudiantes de primer año en el programa de enfermería. Realizada en una universidad pública del Noroeste de Paraná, Brasil, entre agosto y octubre de 2010, fueron entrevistados 33 graduandos del 1° año del curso de enfermería. Del análisis fenomenológico emergieron las siguientes temáticas existenciales: "Entendiendo la muerte como un proceso difícil de ser comprendido"; "Comprendiendo la muerte como un proceso natural"; "Percibiendo la muerte como un pasaje a otra vida". A través de este estudio comprendemos que el saber y la muerte están enmarañados en la temporalidad y la historicidad de cada ser, lo que requiere una comprensión científica, ética y filosófica del fenómeno muerte / morir para que el estudiante pueda prepararse para la atención humanizada al paciente y a su familia.

This is a qualitative study, based on Heidegger's existential phenomenology, with the purpose of revealing the meaning of death / dying for freshmen students of the nursing program. The study was developed in a public university in the northwest of Paraná, Brazil, between August and October 2010, and 33 entering students from a Nursing program were interviewed. The following existential themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis: "Understanding death as a difficult process to be understood"; "Understanding death as a natural process"; and "Perceiving death as a passage to another life". The present study allowed to understand that knowledge and death are entangled in the temporality and the historicity of every being, which requires a scientific, ethical and philosophical understanding of the death / dying phenomenon so that the scholar may prepare for the humanized care of the patient and his/her family.

Requirements Survey and Development Tentative Ideas on the Standardized Teaching Wards in the Internship Course of Nursing Undergraduate Students / 昆明医科大学学报

Objective To explore the development requirements and tentative ideas on the standardized teaching wards in the internship course of undergraduate nursing students. Methods 134 nursing undergraduate students before the internship and 70 nursing teachers were recruited in this study. A self-made questionnaire was distributed to these students and teachers to explore their requirements and needs in the development of the standardized teaching wards. Results The majority of students and nursing teachers thought that it was necessary to design and develop the standardized teaching wards for the nursing students and the six items of this study were accepted by them. Conclusion The standardized teaching wards will be designed and developed according to the six items of this study.

The survey of the demand of the employing hospital for nursing undergraduate students / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To investigate the evaluation of the employing hospital about nursing undergraduate students,to understand the actual working capacity of graduates and explore the quality requirement and individual needs of nuring undergraduates according to the findings,to improve the quality of nursing undergraduates and personnel training specifications.Methods The self-evaluation questionnaires on nursing undergraduates was used to investigate eight hospitals which accepted three or more graduates of our college by letter investigation.Results The employing hospital had the highest satisfaction degree on the moral character and working attitude,respectively 98.1%and 96.2%;the satisfaction degree of management and research capability was the lowest,respectively 81.0%and 80.0%. Conclusions Overall assessment of the quality of graduates is better,the graduates' clinical competence,interpersonal relations and psychological quality is satisfactory,nursing skills and adaptability should be improved;foreign language,scientific research,administration and management capacity is rehtively weak.In the future,the college should adapt to the reeds of employers in the teaching process,strengthening the training of practical ability and adaptability,using appropriate methods to enhance research and foreign language skills,appropriately adjust training goal of undergraduates.

Research in compatibility and current situation of social support of nursing undergraduate students / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To discuss the compatibility and current situation of social support and the influencing factors of nursing undergraduate students. Methods The university student compatible meter and the the social support meter were used to investigate 394 nursing undergraduate students and the re-sult underwent analysis. Results (1)The difference existed in compatibility and social support in un-dergraduate students of different grades. (2)The compatibility of students was correlated with the physical state and the properties of their high school. (3)The social support of the undergraduate students was cor-related with the disposition and the relations with their family. Conclusions The nursing undergraduate students have different compatibility and social support, which were influenced by many factors.Education managers should improve the compatibility and social support of them by adopting selective measures.