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The experiences of international students in a Canadian faculty of nursing: a narrative inquiry study

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dc.contributor.authorOyelana, Olabisi
dc.contributor.authorGlanfield, Florence
dc.contributor.authorEstefan, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorCaine, Vera
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-09T16:52:30Z
dc.date.available2025-06-09T16:52:30Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBackground In response to the global need for nursing faculty, and nurses in leadership and advanced clinical practice roles, students from different countries come to Canada for their graduate nursing education. The positive reputation and the perceived advantages of the education system are particularly compelling to applicants from the countries located in the Global South. However, these students come from different social, historical, political, cultural, and educational backgrounds that deeply influence their learning experiences in Canada. Objective and methodology The aim of this narrative inquiry study was to understand the experiences of international graduate nursing students. The focus was to unravel two puzzles of this inquiry: What stories across social, historical, political, cultural, and educational borders shaped students' identities and ways of knowing? How did the experience in Canada impact their identities? Setting and participants Participants were invited from a Master of Nursing program at a research-intensive University in Western Canada. Methods Participants engaged in series of conversations over a period of one year. Results Multiplicity of borders and identity making, border making, and border crossing, were the threads that resonated across the narrative accounts. Conclusion These narrative threads provided insights into the lived experiences of tensions, the shifting of identities, and the day-to-day challenges that international students face while learning in Canada. Being aware of these experiences and acknowledging them could be a significant stride towards addressing the issues of racism, inequity, and exclusion for international students within Canadian graduate nursing education.
dc.description.urihttps://macewan.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MACEWAN_INST/d1nmsu/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2892660999
dc.identifier.citationOyelana, O., Glanfield, F., Estefan, A., & Caine, V. (2024). The experiences of international students in a Canadian faculty of nursing: A narrative inquiry study. Nurse Education Today, 133, 106016–106016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106016
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3965
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectgraduate students
dc.subjectinternational
dc.subjectnarrative inquiry
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectborder
dc.subjectborder-crossing
dc.titleThe experiences of international students in a Canadian faculty of nursing: a narrative inquiry studyen
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