Mahabeer Suzette A
McMaster University School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5.
CANNT J. 2009 Oct-Dec;19(4):30-3.
Within a society that is becoming increasingly multicultural, it is vital for nurses to become culturally competent in order to meet the needs of a culturally diverse population. Cultural knowledge plays a primary role in influencing the quality of care that nurses provide on a daily basis. The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess the cultural competence level of hemodialysis nurses. The study was conducted in an outpatient setting at a large teaching hospital in Canada. The Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence-Revised (IAPCC-R) was used as the questionnaire for this study. A convenience sample of 58 hemodialysis nurses completed the IAPCC-R tool. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The nurses had a mean score of 65.58% on the IAPCC-R tool, indicating that they were culturally aware, but not culturally proficient. Further analysis of the IAPCC-R results showed that the nurses were lacking information in the area of cultural knowledge, but that they were motivated to become culturally competent. The findings from this study indicated that, in a society that is becoming increasingly multicultural, hemodialysis nurses were motivated to become culturally competent. There is a need for nurse educators to support nurses to reach this goal.
在一个日益多元文化的社会中，护士具备文化能力对于满足文化背景各异的人群的需求至关重要。文化知识在影响护士日常提供护理的质量方面起着主要作用。这项描述性研究的目的是评估血液透析护士的文化能力水平。该研究在加拿大一家大型教学医院的门诊环境中进行。《文化能力评估过程修订量表》（IAPCC-R）被用作本研究的调查问卷。58名血液透析护士的便利样本完成了IAPCC-R工具。数据采用描述性统计进行分析。护士在IAPCC-R工具上的平均得分为65.58%，表明他们具有文化意识，但文化水平并不精通。对IAPCC-R结果的进一步分析表明，护士在文化知识领域缺乏信息，但他们有动力提高文化能力。这项研究的结果表明，在一个日益多元文化的社会中，血液透析护士有动力提高文化能力。护士教育工作者需要支持护士实现这一目标。
