University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
J Prof Nurs. 2011 May-Jun;27(3):133-9. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.02.001.
Nursing is challenged to meet the health needs of ethnic and socioculturally diverse populations. To this end, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) charged an expert nursing faculty advisory group to formulate competencies for graduate nursing education, expanding them to integrate leadership and scholarship. The Cultural Competency in Baccalaureate Nursing Education served as the springboard for the initiative. In formulating the graduate cultural competencies and the toolkit, the advisory group reviewed all AACN Essentials documents and the cultural competency literature, drew upon their collective experiences with cultural diversity, and used cultural humility as the supporting framework. Six core competencies were formulated and endorsed by the AACN board of directors and key professional nursing organizations. A companion toolkit was compiled to provide resources for the implementation of the competencies. A 1-day conference was held in California to launch the cultural competencies and toolkit. Dissemination to graduate nursing programs is in process, with emphasis on faculty readiness to undertake this graduate educational transformation. The AACN Cultural Competencies for Graduate Nursing Education set national standards to prepare culturally competent nurses at the graduate level who will contribute to the elimination of health disparities through education, clinical practice, research, scholarship, and policy.
护理面临着满足不同种族和社会文化背景人群的健康需求的挑战。为此，美国护理学院协会（AACN）委托一组专业护理教师顾问小组制定研究生护理教育的能力标准，将领导力和学术研究纳入其中。《护理本科教育中的文化能力》为该倡议提供了基础。在制定研究生文化能力和工具包时，顾问小组审查了所有 AACN 基本文件和文化能力文献，借鉴了他们在文化多样性方面的集体经验，并以文化谦逊为支撑框架。六个核心能力已由 AACN 董事会和主要专业护理组织制定并认可。还编写了一个配套工具包，为实施这些能力提供资源。在加利福尼亚州举行了为期一天的会议，推出了文化能力和工具包。正在向研究生护理课程进行传播，重点是教师是否准备好进行这种研究生教育转变。AACN 研究生护理教育的文化能力标准旨在培养在研究生阶段具备文化能力的护士，他们将通过教育、临床实践、研究、学术研究和政策为消除健康差距做出贡献。
