Level of Cultural Competence (CC) and Educational Needs for Cultural Competence in Nursing (CCN) in Undergraduate Nursing Students.
10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.1.16
- Author:
Nae Young LEE
1
;
Yong Sook EO
;
Ji Won LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Silla University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cultural competence;
Education;
Needs assessment;
Nursing student
- MeSH:
Cultural Competency*;
Curriculum;
Education;
Emigrants and Immigrants;
Humans;
Needs Assessment;
Nursing*;
Schools, Nursing;
Students, Nursing*
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2015;21(1):16-27
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study evaluates the level of cultural competence (CC) and educational needs for cultural competence in nursing (CCN) in undergraduate nursing students. METHODS: completed by 330 nursing students in three nursing colleges. Descriptive statistics, a t-test, an ANOVA, Pearson correlation analyses, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean CC score was 2.99 and the mean CCN educational needs score was 7.1. CC positively correlated with educational needs for CCN. The regression model explained 36% of the variance in CC. Factors affecting CC were school grades, multicultural education experience, frequency of meeting foreigners, length of encounters with foreigners, foreign-language fluency, and degree of interest in multicultural nursing. CONCLUSION: To strengthen the CC of students, nursing educators should develop an educational program for CCN and incorporate CCN into nursing school curricula.
