Enhancing Communication and Cultural Awareness Among International Nursing Degree Students in Their First Internship. E-Poster
Okorie, Oluchi Miracle; Koomson, Samilia; Kauppinen, Thi Thu Van (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024120633569
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024120633569
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The integration of international nursing degree students into Finnish healthcare settings, particularly during their first internships in elderly care homes, presents challenges due to language barriers and cultural differences. These students often struggle to communicate effectively with elderly clients who predominantly speak Finnish and to adapt to Finland’s work culture, which emphasizes autonomy and efficiency.
This development work aims to create a poster with basic sentences in the Finnish language for daily communication to be used by first-year international nursing students from Savonia University of Applied Sciences while assisting elderly clients with activities of daily living in elderly care nursing homes, and information on the Finish work culture.
This study utilized a developmental research methodology. It assessed the needs and designed, implemented, and evaluated an E-poster to address common communication and cultural challenges. The E-poster was designed to address communication gaps by providing practical Finnish sentences for daily interactions, such as assisting clients with meals, hygiene, and mobility.
The phrases focus on essential tasks and polite expressions to foster respectful and effective communication. These phrases were chosen to reduce misunderstandings and promote confidence among students during their internships. The E-poster also includes information about Finnish work culture to enhance students' cultural competence.
By equipping students with these tools, the E-poster is expected to contribute to more culturally sensitive care and a more inclusive healthcare setting. The findings underscore the importance of phrases needed to access language resources in multicultural healthcare environments.
This development work aims to create a poster with basic sentences in the Finnish language for daily communication to be used by first-year international nursing students from Savonia University of Applied Sciences while assisting elderly clients with activities of daily living in elderly care nursing homes, and information on the Finish work culture.
This study utilized a developmental research methodology. It assessed the needs and designed, implemented, and evaluated an E-poster to address common communication and cultural challenges. The E-poster was designed to address communication gaps by providing practical Finnish sentences for daily interactions, such as assisting clients with meals, hygiene, and mobility.
The phrases focus on essential tasks and polite expressions to foster respectful and effective communication. These phrases were chosen to reduce misunderstandings and promote confidence among students during their internships. The E-poster also includes information about Finnish work culture to enhance students' cultural competence.
By equipping students with these tools, the E-poster is expected to contribute to more culturally sensitive care and a more inclusive healthcare setting. The findings underscore the importance of phrases needed to access language resources in multicultural healthcare environments.