Background:Cultural competence has become increasingly important for Chinese health professionals because of internationalization and the opening up of China to overseas visitors and business as well as a growing awar...Background:Cultural competence has become increasingly important for Chinese health professionals because of internationalization and the opening up of China to overseas visitors and business as well as a growing awareness of the needs of minority groups within China.This study aimed to evaluate a workshop designed to improve cultural competence among Chinese undergraduate nursing students.Methods:A one-group pretest and posttest design was applied.The intervention was a one-day workshop based on transformative learning theory using a variety of teaching strategies.Forty undergraduate nursing students from a university in Wuhan,China selected by convenient sampling received the intervention.Data were collected before the intervention(T1),immediately after the intervention(T2),and 1 month(T3)and 3 months(T4)following the intervention through the Chinese version of Cultural Competence Inventory for Nurses(CCIN).A researcher-designed evaluation form including open-ended questions was also used.Results:Participants’scores by CCIN increased significantly in the total score(p<.001)as well as the components of cultural awareness(p=.003),cultural knowledge(p<.001),cultural understanding(p=.007)and cultural skills(p<.001),but not in cultural respect.This improvement maintained at T3 and T4.Overall,participants were satisfied with the workshop,and the qualitative results supported the effects of this intervention.Conclusions:The one-day workshop was effective in improving nursing students’cultural competence.Replication or further refinement of this workshop is recommended for future research among additional nursing students with diverse backgrounds.展开更多
文摘Background:Cultural competence has become increasingly important for Chinese health professionals because of internationalization and the opening up of China to overseas visitors and business as well as a growing awareness of the needs of minority groups within China.This study aimed to evaluate a workshop designed to improve cultural competence among Chinese undergraduate nursing students.Methods:A one-group pretest and posttest design was applied.The intervention was a one-day workshop based on transformative learning theory using a variety of teaching strategies.Forty undergraduate nursing students from a university in Wuhan,China selected by convenient sampling received the intervention.Data were collected before the intervention(T1),immediately after the intervention(T2),and 1 month(T3)and 3 months(T4)following the intervention through the Chinese version of Cultural Competence Inventory for Nurses(CCIN).A researcher-designed evaluation form including open-ended questions was also used.Results:Participants’scores by CCIN increased significantly in the total score(p<.001)as well as the components of cultural awareness(p=.003),cultural knowledge(p<.001),cultural understanding(p=.007)and cultural skills(p<.001),but not in cultural respect.This improvement maintained at T3 and T4.Overall,participants were satisfied with the workshop,and the qualitative results supported the effects of this intervention.Conclusions:The one-day workshop was effective in improving nursing students’cultural competence.Replication or further refinement of this workshop is recommended for future research among additional nursing students with diverse backgrounds.
