What is it about?
This article discusses the relevance of culture shock to nursing students who are on international clinical placements and how clinical facilitators can assist with this issue to ensure that students learn as much as possible during these placements.
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Why is it important?
Although culture shock was first described in the 60s, it still has relevance today. This article describes that relevance and how the concept can be used to assist student learning.
Perspectives
As the authors have recently travelled overseas with nursing students, we have insight into the impact of culture shock on current students.
Dr Judith Karin Anderson
Charles Sturt University
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This page is a summary of: A discussion of nursing students’ experiences of culture shock during an international clinical placement and the clinical facilitators’ role, Contemporary Nurse, May 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2017.1353397.
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