Nursing Department, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT 06810, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 2009 Sep;48(9):523-8. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20090610-07.
One of the biggest challenges in nursing education is to develop culturally sensitive graduates. Although theory and lecture are appropriate to introduce cultural issues, the application of those skills is limited by the kinds of clinical experiences and patient populations students may treat. Literary works are a rich source of information for nursing. This assignment was created to sensitize the students to the influence of cultural diversity. Students were assigned to read one novel from an approved list and answer the questions posed on the Cultural Discovery worksheet. The only direction that was given regarding novel selection was that the novel had to represent a culture other than the student's own. The focus was to expose students to a different culture. Classroom discussion, based on worksheet answers, followed. The assignment's good, bad, and ugly outcomes are discussed. Suggestions for adaptation of this assignment to an online format are also provided.
护理教育面临的最大挑战之一是培养具有文化敏感性的毕业生。虽然理论和讲座适合介绍文化问题，但这些技能的应用受到学生可能治疗的临床经验和患者群体的限制。文学作品是护理信息的丰富来源。本作业旨在使学生意识到文化多样性的影响。学生被分配从批准的清单中阅读一本小说，并回答文化发现工作表上提出的问题。关于小说选择，只给出了一个方向，即小说必须代表学生自己以外的文化。重点是让学生接触不同的文化。随后根据工作表的答案进行课堂讨论。讨论了作业的好、坏、丑结果。还提供了将此作业改编为在线格式的建议。
