Culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students' experiences in clinical learning environment in Finland : A literature review
Tervo, Mirja (2017)
Tervo, Mirja
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017060612519
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017060612519
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Abstract
As a result of migration and globalization, nursing students are diversifying also in Finland. While learning in clinical environment is essential part of nursing education, little is known about clinical learning experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students, studying in the English-Language-Taught Degree Programmes (ELTDPs) in Finland. The aim of this thesis was to gain information about diverse nursing student’ experiences in clinical learning environment in Finland. The purpose was to draw attention to factors stemming from increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the Finnish health care context.
The study was carried out as a literature review on three original studies, obtained from databases of PubMed, CINAHL (Ebsco), ERIC (ProQuest), SCOPUS (Elsvier API), Web of Science (Core Collection), and MEDLINE (Ovid). On the basis of the research question, find-ings of this study were organized first into subcategories, then into upper categories, and initially under four main categories of 1) personal learning experiences, 2) professional development experiences, 3) professional language development experiences, and 4) pro-fessional identity development experiences.
This review suggests that non-Finnish speaking nursing students struggle with becoming acknowledged as potential and capable co-workers. Findings reveal that the Finnish health care sector is not yet prepared for integrating and socializing non-Finnish speaking nursing students into its’ workplace communities. The review concludes that professional Finnish language skills are developed gradually, and at the same time with clinical skills. The sparse literature of the topic demonstrates the need for further, longitudinal studies and exam-ples of good practices in the Finnish health care context.
As a result of migration and globalization, nursing students are diversifying also in Finland. While learning in clinical environment is essential part of nursing education, little is known about clinical learning experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse nursing students, studying in the English-Language-Taught Degree Programmes (ELTDPs) in Finland. The aim of this thesis was to gain information about diverse nursing student’ experiences in clinical learning environment in Finland. The purpose was to draw attention to factors stemming from increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the Finnish health care context.
The study was carried out as a literature review on three original studies, obtained from databases of PubMed, CINAHL (Ebsco), ERIC (ProQuest), SCOPUS (Elsvier API), Web of Science (Core Collection), and MEDLINE (Ovid). On the basis of the research question, find-ings of this study were organized first into subcategories, then into upper categories, and initially under four main categories of 1) personal learning experiences, 2) professional development experiences, 3) professional language development experiences, and 4) pro-fessional identity development experiences.
This review suggests that non-Finnish speaking nursing students struggle with becoming acknowledged as potential and capable co-workers. Findings reveal that the Finnish health care sector is not yet prepared for integrating and socializing non-Finnish speaking nursing students into its’ workplace communities. The review concludes that professional Finnish language skills are developed gradually, and at the same time with clinical skills. The sparse literature of the topic demonstrates the need for further, longitudinal studies and exam-ples of good practices in the Finnish health care context.