Nursing and Health Vol. 1(3), pp. 61 - 64
DOI: 10.13189/nh.2013.010303
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Hosting International Nursing Students through the Lens of Primary Health Care

Karyn Taplay¹, Jane Moore^2,*, Michelle Richardson^2
1 Brock University 500 Glenridge Ave.St Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1.Office: EA 321
² Department of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

ABSTRACT

Internationalization is an objective of many academic institutions and programs. Hosting international students was one way to raise the international profile of a nursing program and the institution. In order to plan, implement and evaluate the experience of hosting exchange students the nursing faculty used the principles of primary health care (PHC), which are the fundamental tenants of the program. Although the principles of PHC focus primarily on the health of a client or population they served well as a framework for hosting international students and provided the structure needed to facilitate a student exchange program that could be sustained between an Austrian and a Canadian nursing program.

KEYWORDS
Internationalization, Nursing Students, Primary Health Care Principles

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Karyn Taplay , Jane Moore , Michelle Richardson , "Hosting International Nursing Students through the Lens of Primary Health Care," Nursing and Health, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 61 - 64, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/nh.2013.010303.

(b). APA Format:
Karyn Taplay , Jane Moore , Michelle Richardson (2013). Hosting International Nursing Students through the Lens of Primary Health Care. Nursing and Health, 1(3), 61 - 64. DOI: 10.13189/nh.2013.010303.