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 |