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 |  |