title: Turkish Senior Nursing Students' Communication Experience With English-Speaking Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Simulation has been widely accepted as a valuable learning method in nursing education programs so that nursing students can learn and develop communication skills. The aim of this study was to evaluate nursing students' communication experience with an English-speaking standardized patient in the context of the Rational Administration of Medicines course.
  
  
  METHODS
  Involving both quantitative and qualitative research designs, this descriptive study was conducted with 104 nursing students in Ankara, Turkey, from September 2012 to July 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority (98.1%) of the participants stated the necessity of improving their English to communicate with English-speaking patients. Three overarching categories, including seven themes, emerged from the description of nursing students' experience: recognition of emotions, experiences during the simulation, and gains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Standardized patient practice emphasized the significance of cultural differences, of knowing and using a foreign language, of communication, and of patient safety.
authors.forename: Gulten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guvenc
authors.forename: Vesile
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Unver
authors.forename: Tulay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: Cigdem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Gulsah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Konukbay
authors.forename: Gulsah
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authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Sevinc
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tastan
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iyigun
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D016544:Patient Simulation; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult