Being the stranger: Comparing study abroad experiences of nursing students in low and high income countries through hermeneutical phenomenology.

Aim: To understand the experience of American nursing students who complete a study abroad trip to a low-income country, Bangladesh, versus a high-income country, the Netherlands in the development of cultural consciousness.

Methods: Hermeneutic (interpretive) phenomenology was used to explore the journals of 44 students' experiences and reflections.

Results: The comprehensive understanding of the naïve and structural analysis revealed that, no matter where these students travelled, they increased their cultural consciousness.

Expanding worldview: Australian nursing students' experience of cultural immersion in India.

Abstract Increasing cultural diversity and a sense of global community has necessitated the introduction of cultural competence in the education of health care providers. Some institutions have utilised cultural immersion programmes to address this need of cultural competence. Studies have not yet described what this experience is for Australian nursing students.

Expanding Worldview: Australian Nursing Students' Experience of Cultural Immersion in India.

Abstract Increasing cultural diversity and a sense of global community has necessitated the introduction of cultural competence in the education of health care providers. Some institutions have utilized cultural immersion programs to address this need of cultural competence. Studies have not yet described what this experience is for Australian nursing students.

Community-academic partnerships: how can communities benefit?

In answer to the question of how academic institutions will meet medical education needs and public health challenges of the 21st century, a strong, vibrant, and sustained community partnership has been developed to teach public health, address community public health needs, and develop health policy to sustain these improvements, all with a practical approach. In this paper, the partnership between the University of Vermont College of Medicine and various community agencies is described from the perspective of how the community can benefit from educational efforts in public health. Particular focus is given to the community-academic partnership model in public health, a strong and sustained partnership between the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the United Way of Chittenden County Volunteer Center that began in 2004.

Seeing with new eyes: the meaning of an immersion experience in Bangladesh for undergraduate senior nursing students.

Nurses must provide culturally appropriate care. A powerful strategy to enhance cultural competency is immersion. This can increase awareness of personal beliefs, values, behaviors, and learning from clients.

A reflection on culture over time by Baccalaureate nursing students.

The aim of this retrospective descriptive study was to compare students' reflective responses to a set question 18 months apart to determine if their understanding of nurses' commitment to serve all clients regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation, or racial origin changed. One hundred and twenty-six reflections (63 pairs) were thematically analysed. Three themes were developed: equal treatment; commitment to serve all clients; and 'it's not easy'.

Use of health fairs to develop public health nursing competencies.

This paper describes a community-campus partnership for health education established through the effort of faculty, students, and the community. Health fairs designed to address issues of concern to a community agency were originally conducted with nursing students. This partnership between nursing and a community was expanded to include social work, physical therapy, and medical students.

Psychometric testing and refinement of the Support Needs Inventory for Parents of Asthmatic Children.

This study refined the Support Needs Inventory for Parents of Asthmatic Children (SNIPAC) (Coleman, Maltby, Kristjanson, & Robinson, 2001) to produce a more parsimonious tool to assess the importance and meet the support needs of parents of children with asthma. The original tool was completed by 145 parents of 199 children with asthma, and 74 of these also provided test-retest responses. Internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and stability over time were assessed and refinements were made.

"This food may contain ..." What nurses should know about genetically engineered foods.

Genetic engineering has been in existence since 1973. The process involves placing genetic DNA from one organism into another. Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) are the name given to such new species of plants created through this process.

The parenting competency framework: learning to be a parent of a child with asthma.

Every parent who faces an illness in their child might doubt their competence to care. When a chronic illness is diagnosed, competence can be severely challenged because of the sustained and multiple disruptions to daily life. A conceptual framework entitled 'Learning to be a Parent of a Child with Asthma' was developed from the results of a descriptive phenomenological study completed in Perth, Western Australia.