title: Expanding worldview: Australian nursing students' experience of cultural immersion in India.
abstract: Increasing cultural diversity and a sense of global community has necessitated the introduction of cultural competence in the education of health care providers. Some institutions have utilised cultural immersion programmes to address this need of cultural competence. Studies have not yet described what this experience is for Australian nursing students. The purpose of this study is to describe the immersion experience of a group of senior Australian nursing students who participated in a 5-week cultural immersion programme in India.
authors.affiliation: Hillside Health Care International, Punta Gorda, Belize, 2. College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Hendrika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maltby
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nicol
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: cultural immersion; culture; immersion experiences; nursing