Sealey Lorinda J, Burnett Michael, Johnson Geraldine
Southeastern Louisiana University, School of Nursing, 9849 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
J Cult Divers. 2006 Fall;13(3):131-40.
Reported low levels of cultural competence among baccalaureate nursing students, as well as professional nurses, have raised questions about nursing faculty's readiness to prepare culturally competent graduates. This study examined cultural competence among faculty of baccalaureate nursing programs in Louisiana. Using a five-point Likert-type scale, the respondents were asked to express their level of agreement with statements addressing the components of cultural competence. The data analysis revealed the respondents' rating of their cultural awareness (4.14), desire (3.67) knowledge (3.65), skills (3.65), and encounters (3.56). Overall cultural competence was rated as 3.73. When the overall cultural competence index was regressed on the index of each subscale, the cultural knowledge index and the cultural encounter index significantly explained 87% of the variance in the model. These findings suggest that faculty should be encouraged to attend continuing education programs on cultural competence to improve their knowledge in this area. This continuing education, coupled with more local and/or international cross-cultural encounters should significantly improve the overall cultural competence of the respondents.
据报道，本科护理专业学生以及专业护士的文化能力水平较低，这引发了人们对护理教师是否有能力培养出具备文化能力的毕业生的质疑。本研究调查了路易斯安那州本科护理专业项目教师的文化能力。使用五点李克特量表，要求受访者对涉及文化能力组成部分的陈述表达他们的同意程度。数据分析显示，受访者对其文化意识（4.14）、意愿（3.67）、知识（3.65）、技能（3.65）和接触（3.56）的评分。总体文化能力评分为3.73。当总体文化能力指数对每个子量表的指数进行回归分析时，文化知识指数和文化接触指数显著解释了模型中87%的方差。这些发现表明，应鼓励教师参加关于文化能力的继续教育项目，以提高他们在这方面的知识。这种继续教育，再加上更多的本地和/或国际跨文化接触，应该会显著提高受访者的总体文化能力。
