Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9067437 | Journal of Professional Nursing | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Mean scores indicated moderately positive attitudes toward and moderate-to-high confidence levels in cultural knowledge related to caring for four ethnic groups. Three variables accounted for 33% of the variability in level of confidence in skill in transcultural care: cultural content was included in the curriculum of the employing nursing school, education courses in culture, and the predominant ethnicity of the patients for whom care was provided. Repeated exposure to persons from other cultures was the most frequently cited means of increasing personal comfort in caring for ethnically diverse patients. Only 53% of the respondents remembered cultural content in their own academic preparation. Findings suggest that cultural exposure opportunities enhance faculty-perceived confidence in knowledge and attitudes toward people from other cultures.
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Authors
Suzan PhD, RNC, Mary Lou PhD, RN, Sharron DSN, RN, CTN, Carolyn PhD, RN, Mary Elaine PhD, RN, Rebecca MS, RN, Pia PhD,