Goodman Benny, Jones Ray, Sanchón Macias Marivi
School of Nursing and Community Studies, University of Plymouth, Knowledge Spa, RCH Treliske, Truro TR1 3HD, United Kingdom.
Nurse Educ Today. 2008 Apr;28(3):378-84. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.06.013. Epub 2007 Sep 6.
Student mobility within Europe is encouraged by the EU's 'Bologna process' and financially supported by the Socrates programme. However, relatively few UK nursing students travel to Europe for study.
To compare the willingness to study or work abroad and the perceived barriers and benefits of doing so, amongst students in England and Spain.
Third year nursing students completed a 15 item questionnaire on work and study abroad.
Spanish students were younger than UK students, had fewer family commitments, and better language skills. There was little difference between Spanish and UK students in wanting to study abroad, UK students named English speaking countries as likely destinations. Spanish students named Italy; the UK and USA were also popular. Perceived barriers for UK students were funding, family, and language. Family commitments were not a major problem for Spanish students. Spanish were more likely than English students to see language as a problem.
UK and Spanish Nursing students are equally enthusiastic about studying or working abroad but UK students have limited language skills, are less able to access Socrates funding for European destinations, and given their age and family commitments, funding is a barrier for 'non-Socrates' destinations.
欧盟的“博洛尼亚进程”鼓励欧洲范围内的学生流动，并由苏格拉底计划提供资金支持。然而，前往欧洲学习的英国护理专业学生相对较少。
比较英格兰和西班牙学生在国外学习或工作的意愿，以及他们所认为的这样做的障碍和益处。
三年级护理专业学生完成了一份关于在国外工作和学习的包含15个条目的问卷。
西班牙学生比英国学生年龄更小，家庭负担更少，语言能力更强。在出国留学意愿方面，西班牙学生和英国学生几乎没有差异，英国学生将英语国家列为可能的留学目的地。西班牙学生则提到了意大利；英国和美国也很受欢迎。英国学生认为的障碍是资金、家庭和语言。家庭负担对西班牙学生来说不是主要问题。西班牙学生比英国学生更倾向于认为语言是个问题。
英国和西班牙的护理专业学生对在国外学习或工作同样充满热情，但英国学生语言能力有限，获得苏格拉底计划资助前往欧洲目的地的机会较少，而且鉴于他们的年龄和家庭负担，资金是前往“非苏格拉底计划”目的地的障碍。
