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Strengthening Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students
diversity care can be learned and adopted in every nursing education cur-
riculum. This will result the high level of student’s cultural awareness. In nurs-
ing education there is a need that students perform their clinical settings in
diverse – intercultural clinical settings. Further researches are needed to mea-
sure cultural awareness among nursing students for identifying strategies
for improving their cultural awareness and implementing various teaching
strategies in nursing educational programs. The main finding of our study,
that there is a moderate level of cultural awareness score among nursing stu-
dents in our faculty, suggests the importance of continuously measuring the
level of cultural awareness between nursing students and recognize the im-
portant steps in incorporating strategies for improving cultural awareness of
students in nursing education.
References
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). National Healthcare Dispar-
ities Report 2011. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity.
Brathwaite, A. E. (2005). Evaluation of a cultural competence course. Journal of
Trancultural Nursing, 16(4), 361–369.
Cai, D., Kunaviktikul, W., Klunklin, A., Sripusanapan, A., & Avant, P. K. (2017).
Developing a cultural competence inventory for nurses in China. Interna-
tional Nursing Review, 64(2), 207–214.
Cantey, D. D., Randolph, S. D., Molloy, M. A., & Cary, M. P. (2017). Student-
developed simulations. Journal of Nursing Education, 56(4), 234–246.
Chen, G. M., & Young, P. (2012). Intercultural communication competence. In A.
Goodboy, & K. Shultz (Eds.), Introduction to communication studies: Trans-
lating scholarship into meaningful practice higher education (pp. 175–188).
Dobuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.
Clinton, J. F. (1996). Cultural diversity and health care in America: Knowledge
fundamental to cultural competence in baccalaureate nursing students.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, 3(1), 4–8.
Conway-Klaassen, J., & Maness, L. (2017). Critical conversations: Cultural aware-
ness, sensitivity, and competency. Clinical Laboratory Science, 30(1), 34–37.
Eshleman, J., & Davidhizar, R. E. (2006). Strategies for developing cultural com-
petency in an RN-BSN program. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 17, 179–
183.
Giger, J., & Davidhizar, J. (2007). Trancultural nursing: Assessments and interven-
tion (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Goodman, P., Edge, B., Agazio, J., & Prue-Owens, K. (2015). Cultural awareness
nursing care of Iraqi patients. Journal of Trancultural Nursing, 26(2), 395–401.
Grossman, S., Mager, D., Opheim, H. M., & Torbjornsen, A. (2012). A bi-national
195
diversity care can be learned and adopted in every nursing education cur-
riculum. This will result the high level of student’s cultural awareness. In nurs-
ing education there is a need that students perform their clinical settings in
diverse – intercultural clinical settings. Further researches are needed to mea-
sure cultural awareness among nursing students for identifying strategies
for improving their cultural awareness and implementing various teaching
strategies in nursing educational programs. The main finding of our study,
that there is a moderate level of cultural awareness score among nursing stu-
dents in our faculty, suggests the importance of continuously measuring the
level of cultural awareness between nursing students and recognize the im-
portant steps in incorporating strategies for improving cultural awareness of
students in nursing education.
References
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). National Healthcare Dispar-
ities Report 2011. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity.
Brathwaite, A. E. (2005). Evaluation of a cultural competence course. Journal of
Trancultural Nursing, 16(4), 361–369.
Cai, D., Kunaviktikul, W., Klunklin, A., Sripusanapan, A., & Avant, P. K. (2017).
Developing a cultural competence inventory for nurses in China. Interna-
tional Nursing Review, 64(2), 207–214.
Cantey, D. D., Randolph, S. D., Molloy, M. A., & Cary, M. P. (2017). Student-
developed simulations. Journal of Nursing Education, 56(4), 234–246.
Chen, G. M., & Young, P. (2012). Intercultural communication competence. In A.
Goodboy, & K. Shultz (Eds.), Introduction to communication studies: Trans-
lating scholarship into meaningful practice higher education (pp. 175–188).
Dobuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.
Clinton, J. F. (1996). Cultural diversity and health care in America: Knowledge
fundamental to cultural competence in baccalaureate nursing students.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, 3(1), 4–8.
Conway-Klaassen, J., & Maness, L. (2017). Critical conversations: Cultural aware-
ness, sensitivity, and competency. Clinical Laboratory Science, 30(1), 34–37.
Eshleman, J., & Davidhizar, R. E. (2006). Strategies for developing cultural com-
petency in an RN-BSN program. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 17, 179–
183.
Giger, J., & Davidhizar, J. (2007). Trancultural nursing: Assessments and interven-
tion (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Goodman, P., Edge, B., Agazio, J., & Prue-Owens, K. (2015). Cultural awareness
nursing care of Iraqi patients. Journal of Trancultural Nursing, 26(2), 395–401.
Grossman, S., Mager, D., Opheim, H. M., & Torbjornsen, A. (2012). A bi-national
195
