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.

Dealing with emotions: medical undergraduates' preferences in sharing their experiences.

Context: Patient care evokes emotional responses such as uncertainty, grief and pride in medical students. There is a need for opportunities to share and express such emotions because they influence students' professional development and well-being. There is a trend towards introducing mentor programmes into medical curricula.