How can they have seamless acculturation? -Health and wellbeing of international nursing students in Novia
Oyuga, Donata (2021)
Oyuga, Donata
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021101918770
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021101918770
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International students’ decision to move abroad to further their studies is extremely challenging. This transition comes along with different challenges that they encounter in the host country. Despite the presence of the challenges of which some are inevitable the international students require seamless acculturation. This study aims to address the challenges faced by international students by providing possible solutions to ease their acculturation process thus improving their health and wellbeing.
Six international nursing students studying at Novia University of Applied, Vaasa participated in the semi structured interviews. They describe their experiences studying and living in Finland, they give suggestions that can help them and future coming international students have seamless acculturation that is essential for their health and wellbeing- Deductive analysis is used in analyzing collected data.
The results indicate that international students receive some support from professionals in the institution. Different suggestions are given that can support international students to have seamless acculturation. Extra-curricular activities can assist in the acculturation of international students since they can interact and communicate with others, acquire new friends, learn the local language and acquire knowledge of different cultures. An extra-curricular activities app is created to create more awareness of the available extra-curricular activities.
Six international nursing students studying at Novia University of Applied, Vaasa participated in the semi structured interviews. They describe their experiences studying and living in Finland, they give suggestions that can help them and future coming international students have seamless acculturation that is essential for their health and wellbeing- Deductive analysis is used in analyzing collected data.
The results indicate that international students receive some support from professionals in the institution. Different suggestions are given that can support international students to have seamless acculturation. Extra-curricular activities can assist in the acculturation of international students since they can interact and communicate with others, acquire new friends, learn the local language and acquire knowledge of different cultures. An extra-curricular activities app is created to create more awareness of the available extra-curricular activities.