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 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 coll

SUBMITTER: Shali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10916181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature