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Nursing Students’ Cultural Immersion In Kenya: A Case For A Clinical Capstone Site, Nancy C. Wilk
Nursing Students’ Cultural Immersion In Kenya: A Case For A Clinical Capstone Site, Nancy C. Wilk
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Awareness of cultural concepts is an important component of nursing education and cultural immersion experiences are invaluable in fostering understanding of them. These types of experiences take students out of their comfort zone and challenge them both personally and professionally.
For several years, students on all levels have been participating in a 10-day trip to Kenya led by nursing faculty. Undergraduate students who go on the trip receive clinical credit for their community health course and are required to journal daily about their experiences while on the trip and write a reflection paper for the course when they return. The …