Fostering internationalization: An American-Danish semester-long undergraduate nursing student exchange program

International Nursing Review

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Baernholdt, M ^a,b   Drake, E ^a   Maron, F ^c   Neymark, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cultural Competence; Exchanges; International Collaboration; Undergraduate Education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DENMARK; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878198615     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12005     Document Type: Article

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