Abstract：
Aims: We aimed to identify the unique challenges and opportunities faced by international student nurses in Türkiye when practicing patient care. This understanding is essential for educators, healthcare institutions, and policy makers to create more inclusive and supportive environments that enhance learning and professional development. Addressing these challenges can lead to better integration of foreign student nurses into the healthcare system, ultimately improving patient care quality. This research is important for all stakeholders in healthcare - educators, administrators, policymakers, and patients - because a diverse and well-supported nursing workforce is essential for the delivery of culturally competent and high-quality care. Methods: This study employed interpretative phenomenology. Data were collected from 12 foreign nursing students from Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Netherlands. Data were collected between 01 and 20 May 2023 in the Nursing Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a state university in the province of Şanlıurfa, located in the southeastern region of Türkiye. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi\'s method. Results: We identified four themes: \"Metaphors describing patient care practices,\" \"Factors affecting care practices,\" \"Needs for education and support,\" and \"Opportunities during patient care practices.\" Positively influencing factors included better education and living standards and economic benefits, while negatively influencing factors were traumatic events before studying abroad, racial discrimination, language and cultural differences, negative emotions, peer victimization, and lack of use of standards. Interviewees reported a need for training and support and that patient care practices provided opportunities for greater awareness, responsibility, and professional integration. Discussion: Positive and negative experiences of foreign student nurses were evident in the delivery of patient care practice. Interventions are needed to alleviate negatively influencing factors, provide training and support for students, and improve opportunities for foreign nationals. Identification of these factors can help medical educators to develop culturally sensitive and inclusive approaches, as well as individual/organisational facilitators that enhance existing opportunities and remove barriers.
摘要：
目的：我们旨在确定在蒂尔基耶实践患者护理时国际学生护士面临的独特挑战和机遇。这种理解对教育工作者来说是至关重要的，医疗机构,和政策制定者创造更具包容性和支持性的环境，以加强学习和专业发展。应对这些挑战可以使外国学生护士更好地融入医疗保健系统，最终提高患者护理质量。这项研究对医疗保健的所有利益相关者都很重要-教育工作者，管理员,政策制定者，和患者-因为多元化和良好支持的护理队伍对于提供具有文化能力和高质量的护理至关重要。方法：本研究采用解释现象学。数据来自12名来自伊拉克的外国护理学生，埃及,叙利亚,沙特阿拉伯,伊朗,和荷兰。数据是在2023年5月1日至20日之间收集的，该数据是在健康科学学院的护理部的州立大学，位于蒂尔基耶的东南部地区。数据采用Colaizzi方法进行分析。结果：我们确定了四个主题：“描述患者护理实践的隐喻，影响护理实践的因素，需要教育和支持,“和”患者护理实践中的机会。“积极的影响因素包括更好的教育和生活水平以及经济利益，而负面影响因素是留学前的创伤事件，种族歧视,语言和文化差异，负面情绪,同伴受害，缺乏使用标准。受访者报告说，需要培训和支持，病人护理实践提供了提高认识的机会，责任,专业融合。讨论：在提供患者护理实践中，外国学生护士的积极和消极经验很明显。需要采取干预措施来缓解负面影响因素，为学生提供培训和支持，增加外国公民的机会。识别这些因素可以帮助医学教育工作者发展文化敏感和包容性的方法，以及增加现有机会和消除障碍的个人/组织促进者。
