A Multicountry Perspective on Cultural Competence Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Abstract

Purpose: To assess cultural competence among nursing students from nine countries to provide an international perspective on cultural competence. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional design. Methods: A convenience sample of 2,163 nursing students from nine countries was surveyed using the Cultural Capacity Scale from April to November 2016. Results: The study found a moderate range of cultural competence among the students. The ability to teach and guide other nursing colleagues to display culturally appropriate behavior received the highest competence rating, while the ability to discuss differences between the client's health beliefs or behaviors and nursing knowledge with each client received the lowest competence rating. Differences in cultural competence were observed between students from different countries. Country of residence, gender, age, year of study, attendance at cultural-related training, the experience of taking care of patients from culturally diverse backgrounds and patients belonging to special population groups, and living in a multicultural environment were identified as factors affecting cultural competence. Conclusions: The international perspective of cultural competence among nursing students provided by this study serves as a vital preview of where nursing education currently stands in terms of providing the necessary preparatory competence in the cultural aspect of care. The variation of cultural competence among nursing students from different nations should serve as a cue for designing a focused yet multimodal nursing education program in guiding them to be culturally sensitive, culturally adaptive, and culturally motivated.

Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

“…Content validity for this section of the questionnaire was ensured by including questions and answer options based on published work in cultural responsiveness or based on the census data collection in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand [9, 23, 35, 36]. For example, questions related to demographic variables such as age, gender, level of study, self-identified ethnoculture, type of program or previous cultural training were either adapted from published studies assessing self-perceived cultural responsiveness or constructed based on the literature defining important factors associated with cultural responsiveness.…”

Evaluation of Cultural Sensitivity in Healthcare Service among Nursing Students

“…Existing studies suggest that culturally sensitive education removes differences in terms of healthcare services delivered to patients (Brach & Fraserirector, 2000) and improve healthcare quality so that it should be integrated to nursing curriculum (Waite & Calamaro, 2010;Cruz et al, 2018). However, evaluation of the impact of education on cultural sensitivity is as important as intercultural nursing education itself (Chen & Starosta, 2000).…”

Nurse Cultural Competence-cultural adaptation and validation of the Polish version of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale and preliminary research results

“…Our own research showed a high level of tolerance of the beliefs or behavior of various cultural groups in relation to health/illness and the ability to meet the needs of patients from different cultures by implementing nursing activities, increasing, as other authors indicate, the ability to act beyond cultural barriers [42,68], which include country of residence, gender, age, year of studies, participation in cultural training, experience in caring for patients from other cultures or from special population environments, and living in a multicultural environment [10].…”

“…In 2011 there were over 34 million Christians in Poland, forming 88.8% of the population [ 6 ], although the religiosity of young adult Poles is on the decline [ 7 ]. This situation leads to the necessity of having, and therefore of forming, cultural competencies of healthcare workers [ 8 ] such as those in other countries [ 9 , 10 ]. Poland ratified the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in 2007, which makes possible an intensification of efforts to develop cultural competencies [ 11 ].…”