KMID : 0607720160270020163
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2016 Volume.27 No. 2 p.163 ~ p.172
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The Relationship between Cultural Competency and the Importance of Nurses¡¯ Qualities Perceived by Undergraduate Nursing Students
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Choi Kyoung-Sook
Lee Woo-Sook Park Yeon-Suk Jun Myung-Hee Lee So-Young Park Yeon-Woo Vipavee Thongpriwan
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between cultural competency and the importance of nurses¡¯ qualities perceived by undergraduate nursing students.
Methods: Researchers developed two tools for this study after reviewing the related literature and conducting research team workshops: questionnaire of cultural competency and the importance of nurses¡¯ qualities. 200 nursing students were recruited in convenient sampling to respond to these questionnaires. Of nurses¡¯ 10 qualities, major affecting factors on the cultural competency were identified by stepwise multiple regression analysis.
Results: The nursing students perceived technical nursing skills and professional nursing knowledge as nurses¡¯ most important qualities. However, ¡®having a passion for patient care¡¯, ¡®demonstrating strong nursing profession¡¯s code of ethics¡¯ and ¡®teaching and research ability¡¯ were found as significant influencing factors on the variance of the cultural competency. These three factors explained 16% of the total variances of the cultural competency (F=13.98, p<.001).
Conclusion: The educational strategies to improve cultural nursing competency need to incorporate students¡¯ expectations for the professional nurses¡¯ roles. Also, further studies need to develop reliable and valid measurement tools for cultural competency.
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KEYWORD
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Cultural competency, Cultural diversity, Nursing education, Nursing students
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