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Table 2 Emotional touch points

From: Culture, courage and compassion: exploring the experience of student nurses on placement abroad

Touch points

Positive words

Negative words

Preparation for placement

Encouraged

Misunderstood

Expectations

On top of the world

Tense

Culture

Fortunate

Pressured out of control

First impressions in placement

Competent

Embarrassed

Caring for patients and families

Heard

Confused

Relationship with mentor

Wonderful

Determined

Working with the ward team

Relieved

Lost

New skills and knowledge

Safe

Grumpy

Living overseas

Sense of belonging

Bored

Learning about myself

Included

Helpless

 

Surprised

Worried

 

Happy

Anxious

 

Appreciated

 
 

Others added by students

Others added by students

 

Significant

Disinterested

 

Doing something different

Scared

 

Taking opportunity to travel

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