Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study
Abstract Background This study was conducted to describe and explain the culture of patient care in international nursing students. Methods This qualitative study was conducted using focused ethnography. Participants (n = 21) were purposefully selected from non-Iranian international students and the...
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| description | Abstract Background This study was conducted to describe and explain the culture of patient care in international nursing students. Methods This qualitative study was conducted using focused ethnography. Participants (n = 21) were purposefully selected from non-Iranian international students and their nursing instructors. Data collection included semi-structured interviews, and field-note taking. Data were analyzed with the Roper and Shapira inductive approach of ethnographic content analysis. Results The cultural model of the study included the acquisition of cultural competence through acceptance of differences and finding commonalities. Subcategories were: “avoiding cultural bias”, “trying to be on the path of adaptation”, “appealing to the support and companionship of colleagues”, “coping with culture shock”, “acculturation”, “getting help from cultural intelligence”, “cultural empathy”, and “language and communication enhancement”. Conclusion Cultural competence is teachable. The pattern of formation is through accepting differences and searching for commonalities. Suggestions for promoting the culture of care among international students include effective use of peer groups and teaching different national ethnicities and cultures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a73a25defa74463eb46b3a0eebbe792a2024-03-10T12:09:22ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552024-03-0123111110.1186/s12912-024-01807-1Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic studyMahboube Shali0Fatemeh Bakhshi1Marzieh Hasanpour2Critical Care Nursing Education Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical SciencesResearch Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesPediatric and Newborn Intensive Care Nursing Education Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background This study was conducted to describe and explain the culture of patient care in international nursing students. Methods This qualitative study was conducted using focused ethnography. Participants (n = 21) were purposefully selected from non-Iranian international students and their nursing instructors. Data collection included semi-structured interviews, and field-note taking. Data were analyzed with the Roper and Shapira inductive approach of ethnographic content analysis. Results The cultural model of the study included the acquisition of cultural competence through acceptance of differences and finding commonalities. Subcategories were: “avoiding cultural bias”, “trying to be on the path of adaptation”, “appealing to the support and companionship of colleagues”, “coping with culture shock”, “acculturation”, “getting help from cultural intelligence”, “cultural empathy”, and “language and communication enhancement”. Conclusion Cultural competence is teachable. The pattern of formation is through accepting differences and searching for commonalities. Suggestions for promoting the culture of care among international students include effective use of peer groups and teaching different national ethnicities and cultures.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01807-1CulturePatient careInternational studentsNursingFocused ethnography |
| spellingShingle | Mahboube Shali Fatemeh Bakhshi Marzieh Hasanpour Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study BMC Nursing Culture Patient care International students Nursing Focused ethnography |
| title | Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study |
| title_full | Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study |
| title_short | Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study |
| title_sort | culture of patient care among international nursing students a focused ethnographic study |
| topic | Culture Patient care International students Nursing Focused ethnography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01807-1 |
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