Asian Nurs Res.  2017 Mar;11(1):65-73. 10.1016/j.anr.2017.03.001.

Structural Equation Modeling of Cultural Competence of Nurses Caring for Foreign Patients

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  • 1Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. kylieahn@naver.com

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to construct and test a hypothetical model including factors related to the cultural competence of nurses caring for foreign patients. The transcultural nursing immersion experience model and anxiety/uncertainty management theory were used to verify the paths between the variables. The exogenous variables were multicultural experience, ethnocentric attitude, and organizational cultural competence support. The endogenous variables were intercultural anxiety, intercultural uncertainty, coping strategy, and cultural competence. METHOD: Participants were 275 nurses working in general hospitals in Seoul and Kyung-Gi Do, Korea. Each nurse in this study had experience of caring for over 10 foreign patients. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS statistical software with the added AMOS module.
RESULTS
The overall fitness indices of the hypothetical model were a good fit. Multicultural experience, ethnocentric attitude, organizational cultural competence support, and intercultural uncertainty were found to have a direct and indirect effect on the cultural competence of nurses while coping strategy only had a direct effect. Intercultural anxiety did not have a significant effect on cultural competence. This model explained 59.1% of the variance in the nurses' cultural competence when caring for foreign patients.
CONCLUSION
Nurses' cultural competence can be developed by offering multicultural nursing education, increasing direct/indirect multicultural experience, and sharing problem-solving experience to promote the coping ability of nurses. Organizational support can be achieved by preparing relevant personnel and resources. Subsequently, the quality of nursing care for foreign patients' will be ultimately improved.

Keyword

cultural competence; foreigners; nurses; nursing model; patients

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Cultural Competency*
Education, Nursing
Emigrants and Immigrants
Gyeonggi-do
Hospitals, General
Humans
Immersion
Korea
Methods
Models, Nursing
Nursing Care
Seoul
Transcultural Nursing
Uncertainty
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