"Leaving the comfort of the familiar": fostering workplace cultural awareness through short-term global experiences.
OBJECTIVE
Facilitating the development of student nurses' cultural competence and translating these experiences into the clinical setting.


METHODS
Qualitative methods.


RESULTS
A short-term global immersion experience informs student nurses' cultural awareness, education, and future clinical practice.


CONCLUSIONS
Participation in a short-term global health experience contributes to students' personal growth and broadens their insight into multicultural care.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. csmith@unch.unc.edu
Cherie A
CA
Smith-Miller
Ashley
A
Leak
Christina A
CA
Harlan
Janna
J
Dieckmann
Gwen
G
Sherwood
D000328:Adult; D000958:Antigua and Barbuda; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001364:Awareness; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology