Nursing students' perceptions of cultural competence
by Hsiu-Chin Chen, Dianne McAdams-Jones
International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research (IJBHR), Vol. 2, No. 3, 2011

Abstract: Cultural competence is becoming more a necessity than an option due to the change in the face of cultural populations in the USA. Nurses care for many populations of people and therefore their level of cultural awareness is paramount to the care they deliver. Cultural competence in the nursing profession begins with the nursing student. A university engaged a group of nursing students in a free clinic which served cultures of people not indigenous to the native culture. Student nurses perceived the experience revealing of the care they provided and revealing of the affect of that care on the recipients.

Online publication date: Tue, 30-Sep-2014

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