Engelsk titel: What motivates a nursing student for an international exchange?
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Författare:
Bönlökke M
Email: meb@sis.aaa.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 11
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 06073315
Sammanfattning
Internationalisation is compulsory
in the Danish nursing programme.
About 3% of the nursing
students in the County of Aarhus,
Denmark go on exchange to study
nursing abroad. In answer to the
purpose of increasing the number
of exchanges a description of
what the students find significant
for their decision on an exchange
seems relevant.
An ongoing evaluation of
exchanges in 3 Nordplus network
provided data. 57 evaluation
forms from students from Denmark,
Finland, Norway and Sweden
were collected from 2001 to
2005. The questionnaire focused
on two subjects: 1) Decision to
travel: «Why do you want to take
a part of your clinical practice
abroad?» 2) Sources significant
to the exchange: «Which of the
specified sources have had influence
on your decision to travel?»
To learn about foreign cultures,
professional curiosity, a desire
for changes and a future job
abroad were the primary reasons
for the decision on travel. A previous
stay abroad was the primary
source significant for the
decision to travel. The results
indicate further investigation on
cultural competence, professional
curiosity and characteristics of
exchange students in order to
motivate students for exchanges
during their nursing programme.