title: Experiencing cultural differences: reflections on cultural diversity.
abstract: Achieving cultural diversity is one of the priorities in many nursing schools. Although being culturally aware takes a lot of effort, this awareness does not necessarily translate into behavior until one experiences day-to-day life with someone from another culture. My experience as a nurse coming from another country and working in the United States illustrates this difficulty.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts, School of Nursing, Amherst 01003, USA. jeannes@nursing.edu
authors.forename: Jeanne-Marie R
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stacciarini
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D012945:Social Values; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States