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Outcomes of Swedish Nursing Students’ Field Experiences in a Hospital in Tanzania

Ingrid Sandin, PhD, RNT

Swedish Red Cross University College of Nursing

Kristina Grahn, MSN, RNT

Swedish Red Cross University College of Nursing

Ewa Kronvall, MSN, RNT

Karolinska Hospital

This study describes the experiences of a group of nursing students from Sweden in a hospital in Tanzania. Students were interviewed on their return after the trip. Although students experienced considerable upheaval and frustration working in a different context, they learned valuable lessons as to how nursing can be conducted in conditions entirely different from those familiar to them. They attempted to understand the value and behavioral divergences they encountered, yet values of their home culture remained their frame of reference. This project reflected the importance of working through students’ experience if knowledge and understanding of self and others are to be enhanced or developed.

Key Words: nurse education • field studies • ethnocentrism • cultural awareness

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 15, No. 3, 225-230 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604265122
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