Abstract
Increased migration has led to increased prejudice towards immigrant populations. This study aims to analyse attitudes towards immigration among student nurses in three universities, two in Spain and one in Portugal. Methodology: A descriptive, transversal, prospective study was carried out among student nurses (n = 624), using the Attitude towards Immigration in Nursing scale. Results: Nursing students showed some positive attitudes towards immigration, such as that immigrants should have the right to maintain their customs or that immigrants should have free access to healthcare and education, in contrast to some negative attitudes, such as that crime rates have increased due to immigration or that immigrants receive more social welfare assistance than natives. Significant differences in attitudes were revealed between students from the three universities. Discussion: Training in transcultural nursing is necessary for all nursing students in order to reduce negative attitudes towards the immigrant population and increase the awareness and sensitivity of future healthcare staff in caring for patients of all backgrounds.
Highlights
IntroductionIn its World Migration Report 2018, the International
The results obtained in this study show that students have a fairly positive attitude towards the immigrant population
Moroccans” and “I feel unsafe if I see a group of Moroccans”, with students in Melilla having the most negative attitude towards this group of immigrants
Summary
In its World Migration Report 2018, the International. Organization for Migration estimated that in 2015 there were almost 244.000.000 international immigrants in the world, i.e., 3.3% of the global population, increasing at a greater rate than anticipated [1]. In 2019, the number of immigrants registered in Spain was 5,036,878, i.e., 9.8% of the total population [2], mainly Moroccans and Romanians. In Melilla, a Spanish city located in the North of Africa, the immigrant population plays an important part in the city’s economic and social life [3]. According to figures published by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) in 2019 [4], there were. 13,266 immigrants living in Melilla, 90% of whom were of Moroccan nationality, and many of them lived in the city in an irregular situation (undocumented). One of the main characteristics of this city was the coexistence of different cultures, Europeans and Berbers were the largest groups
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