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A Dissertation entitled Perceptions of Becoming a Nurse from the ESL Perspective: a Phenomenological Study

Bryan, Carol Sue
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1498818960901867

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Foundations of Education: Educational Psychology.
An Abstract of Perceptions of Becoming a Nurse from the ESL Perspective: a Phenomenological Study by Carol Bryan Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Foundations of Education: Educational Psychology The University of Toledo August 2017 Understanding the lived experiences of English as a Second Language (ESL) novice nurses can help people who work with students in this population find ways to support their success and reach their goals. This author had three goals for doing this study. They were: 1) to gain insight about the lived experiences of novice nurses who have English as a second language and thereby increase the understanding about their experiences as nursing students, 2) to explore ways to use this new knowledge to help ESL nursing students succeed, and 3) to use this new knowledge to improve nurse to nurse, nurse to patient, and faculty to student interactions supporting the overall good of health care and patient welfare. Contributing to the success of these students is one way the American educational system can address the needs of an ever changing and increasingly diverse U.S. population. Nurses are needed who can effectively communicate with, understand, and meet the needs of a diverse patient population whose primary language is not English. In this study, the researcher collected written reflections about the lived experiences of ESL novice nurses. Questions focused on what they believed contributed to their successes as well as stimulated them to share insight about what it was like to iv complete nursing school, pass the NCLEX-RN, and begin careers in nursing when their primary language was not English. This study is one of the first to explore ways to help this population by reaching out to members of this group for answers and directions about ways to support their success.
Mary Ellen Edwards, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Thomas Dunn, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Temeaka Gray, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
Lynne Hamer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
176 p.
Education; Educational Psychology; English As A Second Language; Nursing
nursing, English as a second language, ESL, students, education, lived experience, diversity, success, faculty, support, nurses

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  • Bryan, C. S. (2017). A Dissertation entitled Perceptions of Becoming a Nurse from the ESL Perspective: a Phenomenological Study [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1498818960901867

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bryan, Carol. A Dissertation entitled Perceptions of Becoming a Nurse from the ESL Perspective: a Phenomenological Study. 2017. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1498818960901867.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bryan, Carol. "A Dissertation entitled Perceptions of Becoming a Nurse from the ESL Perspective: a Phenomenological Study." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1498818960901867

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