Study abroad as a process of learning intercultural competence in nursing

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 111-120

  Koskinen, Liisa ^a   Tossavainen, Kerttu ^b  

^a SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intercultural competence; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MENTORS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 3442901385     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2004.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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