Developing and Sustaining a Study Abroad Program as Viewed Through a Caring Lens

Zigmond

et al. 2016

JNEP

Background: Assuring undergraduate nursing students are caring and compassionate is an important goal of nursing education programs. Some research has been conducted to examine interventions to enhance nursing students' levels of caring. Methods: We conducted an integrative review of caring research and found fifteen articles reporting educational interventions designed to enhance caring among undergraduate pre-licensure nursing students. We reviewed each for how caring was taught and the student outcomes. Results: Our analysis indicates that caring can be taught to nursing students. Effective educational interventions included engaging students in authentic conditions that required them to provide care, reflection on the care they provided, and faculty members role modeling caring behaviors. Conclusions: Implications for nursing educators is that their curricular and instructional approaches are critical to enhancing nursing students' levels of caring.

Section: How Caring Is Taughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering caring in undergraduate nursing students: An integrative review

Zigmond

et al. 2016

JNEP

“…The faculty was able to log in at any time and see the status of every student. According to Hegedus (2013), the maturity and reliability of student participants is key since it is impossible to supervise students every moment while away. Screening of applicants is highly recommended in the areas of GPA, a written essay which focuses on their personal motivation for participation, any history of previous international experiences, and an interview with faculty.…”

Section: Recruiting and Preparing Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons Learned in Designing and Implementing a Mission Focused Study Abroad Course

Wise¹,

Schuessler²,

Cody³

et al. 2017

IJSN

Introduction: Based on Duffy's (2009) Quality Caring Model and Hill and Watson's Caring Science Curriculum Model (2011), the School of Nursing embraces the philosophy that caring collaborative relationships are the center of a culture of quality caring in nursing. Culture and cultural competence are integral to caring. Immersion experiences have been identified as impacting cultural competence (Bentley & Ellison, 2007; Kohlbry, 2016; Larsen & Reif, 2011; Long, 2012). Methodology: This paper describes the planning, implementation and lessons learned from an immersion experience as part of a mission focused study abroad course to Quito, Ecuador. Discussion: Twelve students, three faculty, and two nurse practitioners cared for approximately 100 patients per day for 10 days. Lessons learned related to faculty, students and logistics are discussed. Results: Students demonstrated positive outcomes related to critical thinking and clinical reasoning, holistic care of diverse populations, communication and collaboration, professional accountability, and effective teaching strategies.

Sustaining and Improving Study Abroad Experiences Through Comparative Evaluation

Johanson¹

2016

Nurs Educ Perspect

Researchers have related participation in study abroad experiences to many positive outcomes for nursing students; however, educators are faced with the task of not only developing meaningful study abroad opportunities but sustaining and improving them as well. Educators can evaluate repeat study abroad programs by comparing experiences, looking for trends, and conjecturing rationales. To illustrate this process, an example of a study abroad opportunity that has been repeated over 11 years is presented. The first six years have been compared to the most recent five years, revealing three categories of change for evaluation and the resulting course improvements.