Factors Affecting Cultural Competence of Nurses Caring for Foreign Patients
10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.1.49
- Author:
Jung Won AHN
1
;
Hye Young JANG
Author Information
1. Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Cultural competency;
Patients
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Cultural Competency;
Education;
Gyeonggi-do;
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Marital Status;
Seoul;
Uncertainty
- From:Health Policy and Management
2019;29(1):49-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the cultural competence of nurses caring for foreign patients in general hospitals. METHODS: The subjects are 308 nurses who work in general hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The data, collected using a structured questionnaire on cultural competence, coping strategy, multicultural experience, intercultural uncertainty, and intercultural anxiety, were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression. RESULTS: Cultural competence was significantly associated with marital status, level of education, type of ward, and number of cared foreign patients. In hierarchical multiple regression analysis, the level of cultural competence was significantly associated with married, master degree qualified, high level of coping strategy and multicultural experience, and low level of cultural uncertainty. CONCLUSION: The findings revealed the need for educational programs which can contribute to lower the intercultural uncertainty and to enhance coping strategies dealing with foreign patients. In addition, individual and organization efforts to provide opportunities to expand nurses' multicultural experience will affect nurses' cultural competence development.
